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Moon came into existence as coalesced cloud of matter that remained around Earth after collision with another planet (the rest of it is in our core, most probab
by jajko 2y ago
Moon came into existence as coalesced cloud of matter that remained around Earth after collision with another planet (the rest of it is in our core, most probably causing those huge heterogenous blobs deep inside). At least thats the latest I've heard on that topic.
Maybe its technically possible but I can't imagine small and huge rocks combining together into almost perfect solid sphere without melting it beforehand. If Moon would be shaped like potato then I would more likely believed that.
- ceejayoz 2y ago> Maybe its technically possible but I can't imagine small and huge rocks combining together into almost perfect solid sphere without melting it beforehand. Anything over a couple hundred kilometers in diameter becomes round given enough time. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/why-planets-round/ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/why-planets-round/