"What If We Had No Moon" (Assignment Discovery video) v3
1. What are the reasons for discarding each of these moon-formation theories?
a. It formed at the same time as the solar system: no, because...
b. It was captured as a rogue moon: no, because ...
c. It spun off as a molten blob from the equator: no, because...
2. How many pounds of moon rocks did the Apollo astronauts bring back to Earth?
3. Why was the search for a Genesis Rock on the moon doomed to failure?
4. What other examples are there in the solar system as evidence of huge planetary collisions?
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b.
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d.
5. For every giant collision with the moon, how many were there that struck Earth?
6. What data did the computer simulation come up with about the size of "Orpheus" and the angle and
speed at which it struck Earth?