Where Did the Moon Come From?. Karen Wright.
by Wright, Karen; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 42Science. Publisher: Discover, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Collisions (Physics) | Earth | Lunar petrology | Moon -- Origin | Moon -- Surface | Planets -- Geology | Rocks | Satellites | Space flight to the moon -- Apollo ProjectDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Although the moon has enthralled observers for aeons, planetary scientists have struggled to trace its ancestry. The manned lunar landings of the Apollo program were supposed to help by collecting hundreds of pounds of moon rocks. Three perfectly respectable theories for lunar origin had been proposed. All that was needed to choose among them was a chunk or two of the object in question. But the lunar samples may as well have been made of blue cheese." (DISCOVER) This article theorizes that the moon was formed from a chunk of the Earth that was broken off when a planetary object slammed into it.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Where Did the Moon Come From?, Feb. 2003; pp. 60-67.
"Although the moon has enthralled observers for aeons, planetary scientists have struggled to trace its ancestry. The manned lunar landings of the Apollo program were supposed to help by collecting hundreds of pounds of moon rocks. Three perfectly respectable theories for lunar origin had been proposed. All that was needed to choose among them was a chunk or two of the object in question. But the lunar samples may as well have been made of blue cheese." (DISCOVER) This article theorizes that the moon was formed from a chunk of the Earth that was broken off when a planetary object slammed into it.
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