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The Giant Impactor Theory proposes that a small planet the size of Mars struck the Earth just after the formation of the solar system, ejecting large volumes of heated material from the outer layers of both objects. A disk of orbiting material was formed, and this eventually stuck together to form the Moon in orbit around the Earth.
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What is the arrangement of earth the moon and the sun of a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon. The moon is covered by the Earth's shadow.
Describe the characteristics of the moon and the Earth for each phase of the moon?
During a new moon phase, the moon is not visible from Earth as it is located between the Earth and the sun. The Earth experiences a solar eclipse when this occurs. During a full moon phase, the entire sunlit side of the moon is visible from Earth. The Earth experiences a lunar eclipse when this occurs. Throughout the different phases, the moon exhibits varying amounts of illumination and visibility from Earth.
Do earth and venus have one moon?
Earth has one moon. Venus has no moon.
Who is big between earth and moon?
It is the Earth, which is bigger between the moon & the earth.
The atmosphere difference of the earth and the moon?
Earth has it, moon doesn't.
The moon is to the earth, as the earth is to what?
The moon is to the earth, as the earth is to the sun.
What is bigger the moon or the earth?
Earth, by far.
Does the moon orbit Earth or does the Earth orbit the moon?
The moon orbits Earth.
How many moon does our earth have?
Our Earth has only the one moon.
Does earth have have a moon?
YesYes. We call it the moon.
How are are the earth and moon different?
The moon has easily visible craters, but the ones on earth have mostly weathered away. The Earth has wind and the moon doesn't. Earth has atmosphere but the moon doesn't have one.
What is the arrangement of earth the moon and the sun of a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon. The moon is covered by the Earth's shadow.
What features can be found on the earth but not on the moon?
Earth has oceans the moon doesn,t the earth has volcanoes the moon does not the earth has a core the earth does not
Does the moon and earth have water?
the earth does but the moon does not
Is the moon considered to be a part of earth?
No. The Moon is a separate object from Earth. However, Earth and the moon are sometimes regarded as a single Earth-moon system.
Does earth's gravity pull the moon outward?
No, the Earth's gravity pulls the moon in towards Earth.
The moon orbits what planet?
The moon with the specific name 'The Moon' orbits planet Earth.
