Re:Chemistry says Moon is proto-Earth’s mantle, relocated
by justinator on Monday September 12, 2016 @05:42PM
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Is there a good theory why there's only one moon, rather than many moons? The diagrams show, "moonlets" - what happened to them? And why didn't this new mass not just collide back into Earth again?
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Re:Chemistry says Moon is proto-Earth’s mantle, relocated
by InclinedPlane on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:26PM
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Yes. The dynamics of the situation would have caused the moons to merge (or crash into the Earth).