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Planetary Science Institute: The Origin of the Moon

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This resource argues that the moon was formed from debris resulting from an impact to the Earth 4.5 billion years ago.

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collisional impact theory, giant impact, giant impact hypothesis, impactor, planetesimals, stochastic catastrophic event, origin of the moon, collisional ejection theory
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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