Fate or luck. Ordinarily most moons are either captured objects or they formed from the primordial dust cloud.
However, our moon was formed from the collision of two planets which allowed enough material to coalesce to form our rather large moon. [See related question].
Earth's moon is unusually large in proportion to its planet.
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I dont think so; Earth would appear to be bigger from moon compared to what Moon appears to be from Earth The earth's diameter is 3.67 times the moon's diameter. As seen from the moon, the earth appears 3.67 times as large in the sky as the moon appears from earth.
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.
Full, large or whole. Maybe the question was meant to be...How would the Earth appear to an observer on the moon during a full moon?
Earth's moon is unusually large in proportion to its planet.
The Earth-moon distance is about 250000 miles
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earth, kinda obvious, no offence.
1/5th the size of earth
I dont think so; Earth would appear to be bigger from moon compared to what Moon appears to be from Earth The earth's diameter is 3.67 times the moon's diameter. As seen from the moon, the earth appears 3.67 times as large in the sky as the moon appears from earth.
Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
The moon resulted when a large body struck Earth.
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.
The moon is thought to have come from the earth after a collision with something quite large. Hence the answer is : part of the snowball.
None in our solar system. The Earth's Moon is the largest moon with respect to its planet.
The only natural satellite that orbits the Earth is the Moon.