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2010-02-01 Science & Technology

Nuclear explosion on Earth created Moon?

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Space -1999!

Posted by Eric Jablow 2010-02-01 00:31|| 2010-02-01 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey! The Illudium Q-36 really does work.

Posted by ed 2010-02-01 00:42|| 2010-02-01 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, there is evidence of natural georeactors.

http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/all-natural-all-nuclear

At the time of the moon's formation the Earth would have been much more radioactive than it is now.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-01 02:15|| 2010-02-01 02:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought the impactor theory was sufficient, but what is curious is that this is reported in Iran Press TV, meaning it's either a really slow news day, or there is some substance to the teal comment at the end of the article.

Posted by Bobby 2010-02-01 06:08|| 2010-02-01 06:08|| Front Page Top

#5 The best best is probably the foreign body collision theory, but not, as is supposed by a Mars-sized rocky body, but by something more like a high speed black hole, that tore off a quarter of the Earth and dragged it away from Earth, but did not consume it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-01 15:22|| 2010-02-01 15:22|| Front Page Top

#6 It is my understanding that the impactor, if smaller than Earth, would likely have its outer layers removed and mixed with Earth's crustal material. So you would end up with what is left of the impactor being left with pretty much just its core and the crustal material of both bodies being mixed together in orbit around Earth. Some of which would fall back to Earth, the rest would clump together and form the moon. So when all is said and done, Moon and Earth have pretty much the same crust composition and what is left if the impactor ends up looking a lot like the planet Mercury.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-01 17:01|| 2010-02-01 17:01|| Front Page Top

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