MOON'S BIRTH: NEWEST THEORY
Hey Space Placers!
As promised yesterday here is the newest theory on how the Moon formed.
Previously the leading theory was that the Moon formed as the result of a Mars-sized object called Theia impacting the Earth.
In this new theory the Earth has been vaporized due to a huge impact forming a Synestia - a hypothesized structure that forms - and the Moon emerges shortly afterwards followed by the Earth reforming.
This is a very intriguing, and to me, very plausible theory. More computer modeling and analysis of the Apollo lunar samples, including hopefully a new sample box - see yesterday's blog - will provide further refinement, and maybe, just maybe, a way to confirm how Luna came to be.
Sky Guy in VA
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| The Earth-Moon Synestia Visualization Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Previously the leading theory was that the Moon formed as the result of a Mars-sized object called Theia impacting the Earth.
In this new theory the Earth has been vaporized due to a huge impact forming a Synestia - a hypothesized structure that forms - and the Moon emerges shortly afterwards followed by the Earth reforming.
This is a very intriguing, and to me, very plausible theory. More computer modeling and analysis of the Apollo lunar samples, including hopefully a new sample box - see yesterday's blog - will provide further refinement, and maybe, just maybe, a way to confirm how Luna came to be.
Sky Guy in VA
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