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The moon doesn't actually protect the Earth from asteroids. It's a net-zero because the extra mass attracts more asteroids.
Your mom’s extra mass attracts more asteroids.
~~How did you kn...~~ uh I mean, nuh-uh!
Ok, I'm old. Asteroid is slang for what?
I don't think it's common slang but in this particular case asteroid is the penis
It's not really about "attracting" asteroids, it's more about their orbital trajectory happening to intersect the Earth's at the right time. I think the Moon's gravity is about as likely to redirect an asteroid towards the Earth as it is away, but the Moon also physically intercepts some asteroids, so the net effect would be a slight decrease in Earthly asteroid impacts.