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When was the moon created?

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The Moon was created shortly after the Earth was formed - about 4.6 billion years ago, by the impact of a large astronomical body called Theia

This has been confirmed because the Moon and Earth share a similar chemical composition, indicating a common origin.

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The most widely accepted theory is that when the Earth was still molten, a Mars sized object collided with Earth, ejecting Earth's material into orbit. This material coalesced to form the Moon.

Other theories include capture (Moon was another planet that Earth's gravity captured) and co-creation (the Moon was formed at the same time as the Earth from the same planetary nebula, however, for this to be true the Moon would have to orbit in the same plane as Earth and it does not).

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14y ago

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There are several competing scientific theories on the formation of the moon some 4.5 billion years ago:

  • The moon and Earth may have spun apart from the initial speed of the Earth's rotation.
  • A small planet may have fallen into orbit arounf the Earth from somewhwere else in the solar system.
  • The moon and Earth may have formed at the same time from material orbiting the sun.
  • The earth may have been hit wih a large chunk of material during its molten stage splashing out moon sized glob of material.

The last of these is held to be the most likely.

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The current best hypothesis is called the Giant Impactor Hypothesis, which says that a body about the size of Mars slammed into Earth as it was forming and "splattered" stuff into orbit that eventually coalesced to form the Moon.

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4 billion years ago

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5 billion years ago

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The moon was not invented.

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