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Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
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How big is a moon?
Anywhere from a small asteroid to Earth's size, depending on the planet.
What is the people on the asteroid belt?
The crab people currently inhabit the asteroid belt. The furthest from Earth that humans have reached is the Moon which is a tiny fraction of the distance to the asteroid belt.
How are moons and asteroids different?
"An asteroid is a piece of moon that orbits the sun and a moon is a giant rock sphere that orbits earth."
How is the moon classified planet or asteroid?
The moon is a satellite, although people propose now and then that the earth-moon system could be considered a double or binary planetary system. Since the barycenter (the center of gravity of the earth-moon) is within the body of the earth, considering the moon as a satellite makes more sense.
Why do asteroids hit the moon?
Asteroids hit the moon because the moon lacks a protective atmosphere like Earth's that can burn up or break apart incoming objects. Over time, the moon's surface has been bombarded by asteroid impacts due to the lack of atmospheric protection.
Why did the moon start to orbit the earth?
It is currently believed that the Moon was created as a result of a huge asteroid colliding with Earth. Part of the material getting out of Earth must have coalesced and formed the Moon.
How was the moon possibly formed?
The most probable cause was a collision between the earth and a large asteroid, part of the earth being broken off and forming the moon.
Is the moon of earth?
An asteroid had hit Earth and knocked of a chunk that is now called the moon.
Is the Moon's on the asteroid belt?
Our moon is not in the asteroid belt. No planet's moon is in the asteroid belt or it would not be a moon.
Was the moon always in the earths orbit?
Many scientists do not believe so.Back when the Earth was cooling down and becoming a solid mass without scorching lava and burning temperatures, an asteroid was thought to hit the premature Earth. The asteroid became part of the Earth, and the material that was ejected from Earth formed its own mass, the Moon. The Moon became a mass and started orbiting the Earth, since the ejected material was not very far away from Earth.Thus, in Earth's early days, it did not have a moon.
What or Which theory says that the Moon was pulled from the Earth?
The second theory says that the moon is a captured asteroid.
Which is fastest moving an asteroid moon sun earth?
for fastest speed of actual forward movement i believe its an asteroid
What position started the moon?
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.
Is the moon closer to the earth than the asteroid belt?
By far yes.
What asteroid missed the earth by about twice the distance to the moon in 1937?
Hermes
Is the moon inside or out the asteroid belt?
The asteroid belt is shaped like a donut. The earth and moon, mars, venus, mercury and sun are all in the hole in the middle.
How big is a moon?
Anywhere from a small asteroid to Earth's size, depending on the planet.
