Impactor with no spin (VIDEO)

Durham University

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A cross-section of a 3D simulation run by researchers investigating how a collision between the early-Earth and a Mars-size object might have led to the formation of the Moon. When no spin was added to the impactor (Theia) the collision with the early Earth produced a self-gravitating clump of material with a mass of about 80 per cent of the Moon.

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Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla

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