Re: planets
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 6:42 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
> When I was a kid and into astronomy more than I am now, it was never
> a widely held theory that the moon was the result of a collision with
> another planet ripping a chunk out of the earth. Is that widely
> believed now or was it just a pet theory of the makers of this show
> because it's, like, really dramatic?
It's my understanding that it's now pretty much the established theory.
With the supercomputers available now, they've been able to run
simulations on the other possible theories, and effectively disprove
them.
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