A Model of Moon Formation from Ejecta of Macroimpacts on the Earth

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1808

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We suggest a statistical model of Moon formation, assuming that
initially thin prelunar swarm of particles grows due to capture of
material ejected after impacts of large planetesimals on growing Earth.
Numerical simulations of impacts are made.

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