coaccretion hypothesis

astronomy

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origin of Moon

  • near and far sides of Earth's Moon
    In Moon: Origin and evolution

    Coaccretion suggests that the Moon and Earth were formed together from a primordial cloud of gas and dust. This scenario, however, cannot explain the large angular momentum of the present system. In fission theories a fluid proto-Earth began rotating so rapidly that it flung off…

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