Moon formation scenario

According to the majority of hypotheses, millions of years ago, our Earth was acting alone in the Solar system. Until the Moon is formed. How exactly this formation occurs remains a scientific puzzle that researchers have been working on for decades without a definitive answer. In this post, we will examine one of the scenarios of the formation of the Moon and explain a new theory.

One of the most accepted scenarios for the formation of the Moon is the Giant Impact hypothesis. This theory is that the Earth-Moon system formed after a giant collision with a Mars-sized object (Theia). Multiplying the material around the Earth

throws it into orbit, and material accumulates to form the Moon. Those working on this theory argue that the Moon has merged into orbit from this debris for months or years.

Computer simulations of the giant collisions were able to produce results consistent with the mass of the Moon's core and the angular momentum of the Earth-Moon system. These simulations suggest that most of the Moon is descended from the impactor rather than from the proto-Earth (the Earth before the collision). More recent simulations show that a larger portion of the Moon is derived from proto-Earth.

As can be seen, the Giant Impact hypothesis is a supercomputer.

modeled as a simulation (NASA and Durham University). One of the results of the simulation indicates the possibility that the Moon may have formed hours, rather than years, after Theia and Earth collided.

One of the key features of this simulation will help researchers better understand the intertwined history of the Earth and Moon.

At the same time, the simulations used in this research are among the highest resolution of any simulation study to study the origin of the Moon or other giant effects.

These studies can bring us closer to understanding how our own Earth became the life-bearing Earth it is today.

To know the history of the Moon is to know the past of the Earth. Because our roots are connected.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/lunar-origins-simulations

Immediate Origin of the Moon as a Post-impact Satellite: - https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac8d96