Formation of the Moon

             There are many things in the macrocosm that we have never known of. We know simple things about the moon such as its craters or mountain ranges, but do we know exactly how the moon came to be? When we contrast its lunar surface characteristics with the Earth's, it is apparent that they came from completely different physical developments, 1 but it still isn't enough information. Many people probably have never thought about or don't know that there are several theories regarding how the moon was formed. The most popular and common idea is that it came from our earth. Before the 1970's, there were three main theories regarding the origin of the moon.2 Soon after that, gradually a few more theories were made.
             In 1879, the fission theory was developed by the British astronomer Sir George Darwin.3 The Moon was once part of the Earth and somehow divided from the it early in the past of the Solar System. The most popular location for the part of the Earth where the Moon originated from is the current Pacific Ocean basin is.4 In other words, while it was still fluid and hot the moon broke off from a rapidly spinning earth.3 A co-formation theory proposed that the earth and moon both formed at the same time2, roughly forty-six million years ago 1, as a gravitationally conjoined two of a kind. This theory requires that the earth rotates eight times more rapidly than at the moment, which is typically out of the question.3
             There are several theories within this theory. The collision between the PLSs slows the orbits and causes the formation of a large number of moonlets. Some of them will plummet to earth, and others will be left behind in orbit around the earth. As the geocentric (having or relating to the earth's center) moonlet orbits are formed, they will collide and accumulate smaller asteroids, other moonlets, and dust. This idea that there are various bodies in orbit
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