A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 15:01
in Astronomy & Space
Nearly a thousand computer simulations by the Weizmann Institute's Prof. Oded Aharonson and his team produced results challenging the theory that the Moon was formed by a single massive collision; rather, the investigation shows, the more likely explanation is that multiple impacts produced many moonlets, which coalesced into our solitary satellite.