a planet broke apart and the moon was captured by earth's gravity
There are three main theories of how the moon came into existence. The theories are as follows: the moon was captured by Earth's gravitational pull, the moon was originally part of the earth's crust, or the earth and moon formed together out of the primordial nebula.
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Doesn't have to be. Fact is something that can be tested and confirmed. A belief is a hunch, an idea, a theory. The existence of the Moon is a fact. The existence of angels is a belief.
a currently popular theory is that the moon came about when an asteroid collided with earth, ejecting what is now the moon into near-earth orbit.
The currently most-accepted theory is that it was the result of an impact, of a giant object with Earth.
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The giant impact theory that the moon formed when Earth collided with another object named Theia that was roughly the size of Mars. The debris ejected into space later came together to form the moon.
The giant impact hypothesis states that the moon was formed after a planet called Thei slammed into the Earth right after the Earth came into existence.
Scientists believe that the Moon has formed by a huge meteorite that hit Earth a very long time ago, sending parts of Earth's crust into its atmosphere. These parts started orbiting Earth for quite some time, then got together and formed into the Moon that we know of today.
Back when the earth was young and relatively molten, a large object about half the size of the current moon, struck the earth and took a large section of the earth with it. The object combined with the pieces of earth that were broken off and began orbiting the earth. Hence, the moon.
In theory, yes.