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Synestia
Artwork of a synestia. This is a hypothetical torus of molten rock that is believed
to form when two similarly sized rocky bodies collide - one may have arisen when the
Earth was struck by a Mars-sized world called Theia,
inside of which the Moon was...
Keywords:
... rth, formation, molten, Moon, synestia, Theia
...
Moon Formation - V3
Artwork of the young Earth-Moon system. The Earth had recently formed when it was
struck by a protoplanet – called Theia – roughly
three times the size of Mars. Debris from the impact went into orbit, while the cores
of the two planets merged. Wi...
Keywords:
... ormation, impact, planet, planet Earth, Theia,
The Moon ...
Earth Then and Now
Illustration conceptualizing the formation of the Moon. The left side shows a
collision between the early Earth and a smaller rocky protoplanet about the size of
modern-day Mars. The right shows the Earth and Moon today....
Keywords:
... phase, formation, impact, planet Earth, Theia,
the Moon ...