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One hypothesis is that the moon was basically spat out by a supercritical natural fission reactor inside earth at a time when the earth was still rotating much
by bboygravity 3y ago
One hypothesis is that the moon was basically spat out by a supercritical natural fission reactor inside earth at a time when the earth was still rotating much faster. Basically slinging a part of itself into space to form the moon.
I love that hypothesis.
- gus_massa 3y agoSadly the current most popular hypothesis in the scientific community is the collision of a smaller version of the Earth with another planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon
- NikkiA 3y agoOddly enough, that article doesn't mention the name 'Theia' or even link to the larger page on the collision theory that searching for 'Theia' brings... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)