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I'm sure that with a convoluted enough sequence of runaway fission it could be done, like if the newly formed clump ends up with reactors venting superheated ga

I'm sure that with a convoluted enough sequence of runaway fission it could be done, like if the newly formed clump ends up with reactors venting superheated gas along conveniently located fissures that provides the necessary torque. Surely this doesn't make the theory significantly less plausible than the premise of a natural reactor being somehow inert enough to become a bomb before it burns itself apart?

Retric 8y ago
The moon is fairly close to the earths size on a log scale. Try a rough order of magnitude for how much gas at what speed that would take. It might be possible to carefully design multiple precisely timed detonations to get a second moon to show up. But, a single detonation is not going to work and your talking about a lot more complexity and energy than a few 'vents'.