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Astronomy · L3 · Moon Formation & the Giant Impact · flowchart

by @openstemUpdated Astronomy
Proto-Earth, ~4.5 billion years agoTheia, a Mars-sized protoplanet, strikes at a grazing angleCollision vaporises and ejects mantle material into orbitDebris forms a hot ring/disk around EarthDisk material accretes into the Moon

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