Was The Moon Part Of The Earth?
Abstract:
Was the Moon part of the Earth? We have learned from tests from samples of the moon brought back by the Apollo astronauts is that the Moon is about 4.6 billion years old. It formed at about the same time as the rest of the solar system did. There are several possibilities for its creation such as the Fission theory, the Capture theory, Co-accretion theory, the Giant Impact theory and others. After all of my research I have concluded that the most probable of the possibilities is and has been the Giant Impact theory. Based on this theory the moon was part of the Earth.
Introduction:
Most of the theories that have been presented have been invalidated so far except the Giant Impact theory. The Fission theory stated that the Moon was part of the Earth that may have been cast off during rapid spinning, but neither the Earth nor the Moon has fossil evidence of such an occurrence. It would have to have detached from around the Pacific Basin and that only......
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