Moon Made By Colossal Collision With Young Earth? | Video

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

A researcher at the Southwest Research Institute has constructed a moon-making scenario in which an object 4 or 5 times the mass of Mars collided with young Earth. A Mars-sized impactor was previously predicted.

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