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There is actually still some controversy over this one. There are three major views on the formation of the Moon.
1. Co-accretion. The Moon formed much the way the Earth did, and at the same time. They were formed together.
2. Capture. The Moon formed elsewhere and was somehow captured in the Earth's orbit.
3. Massive collision. Another body, perhaps as large as Mars, collided with the proto-Earth in a glancing blow. Part of the total mass was thrown into space, part collapsed to Earth, and part became the Moon.
The "Massive Collision" theory is currently most popular, but like all scientific theories, is subject to revision in the face of new facts later on. A good discussion of these ideas is contained on the Wikipedia page at the link below.
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The Sun is closer to the Earth than the Moon is true or false?
False :)========================The sun is about 390 times as far from earth as the moon is.
The moon is falling freely to the earth it is true or false .why?
This is a false statement because the moon revolves around the earth.
True or false Earth's moon is larger than Pluto?
true
True-false the phases of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
True.
The moon orbits earth and not the sun because the sun doesn't exert a gravitional force on the moon True or False?
False. The sun does exert a gravitational force on the moon.
Is the moon the star closest to earth true or false?
false the moon is not a star
The Sun is closer to the Earth than the Moon is true or false?
False :)========================The sun is about 390 times as far from earth as the moon is.
The moon is falling freely to the earth it is true or false .why?
This is a false statement because the moon revolves around the earth.
True or false Earth's moon is larger than Pluto?
true
Gravity on the moon is less than on the earth True or False?
True
Each time the moon revolves behind the Earth it will pass through the Earth's shadow. True False?
False. Usually the Moon passes north or south of Earth's shadow.
True-false the phases of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
True.
True or false is the point at which the moon is orbiting closest to earth called perigee?
That is true.
The moon orbits earth and not the sun because the sun doesn't exert a gravitional force on the moon True or False?
False. The sun does exert a gravitational force on the moon.
True or false The Moon orbits Earth and not the Sun because the Sun doesn't exert a gravitational force on the Moon?
False. The sun does exert a gravitational force on the moon.
Is it True of false the moon revolves around the earth once a year?
No, it is not true. It takes about 27 days.
Gravity gives you your mass true or false?
False. You will have the same mass on our moon, but weigh 1/6th as much as on the Earth.
