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The moon is made of dusk, dirt and rocks and, it was formed 4.5 billion years ago, about 30-50 million years after the origin of the Solar System, out of debris thrown into orbit by a massive collision between a smaller proto-Earth and another planetoid, about the size of Mars.

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Q: What is the moon made of and how was it formed?
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