Re:A Violent Splash of Magma That May Have Made the Moon
by noname120 on Sunday May 05, 2019 @07:28AM
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From the article:
> During Earth’s earliest days, it was covered by a sheet of molten silicate rock. Dr. Hosono’s team wondered what would have happened if Theia had crashed into Earth at that time, rather than during a later, cooler, more solid phase.
This is the simulation of how a moon could have been formed, this is not supposed to represent the formation of the actual Moon.
> During Earth’s earliest days, it was covered by a sheet of molten silicate rock. Dr. Hosono’s team wondered what would have happened if Theia had crashed into Earth at that time, rather than during a later, cooler, more solid phase.
This is the simulation of how a moon could have been formed, this is not supposed to represent the formation of the actual Moon.