Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33030270-20171203190417/@comment-4080775-20171220004140

When he split the moon, the split was visible from Earth's surface. So in a way, they did get pushed apart by quite far distance, though the cut from the moon seemed inconstant with the cut shown from far away, but on the other hand, though the two haves have such mass that their gravity would likely keep them close together anyway.