The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Big Splash, or the Theia Impact, is an astrogeology hypothesis for the formation of the Moon first proposed...

ancient planet in the early Solar System which, according to the giant-impact hypothesis, collided with the early Earth around 4.5 billion years ago, with...

satellite, the Moon, but there are a number of variations on this giant-impact hypothesis, as well as alternative explanations, and research continues into...

early-stage process for the formation of the Earth and Moon within the giant-impact hypothesis. In that model, a synestia formed following a collision with an...

name Theia, is thought by proponents of the giant-impact hypothesis to be the origin of the Moon. The hypothesis states that the Moon formed after Earth and...

missions in the mid-twentieth century. Following Apollo, in 1984, the giant impact hypothesis was composed, replacing the already-disproven binary accretion...

the gravitational pull of the parent star and according to the giant-impact hypothesis are gravitationally stable only under particular circumstances...

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that the onset of the Younger Dryas (YD) cool period (stadial) at the end of the Last Glacial Period...

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single natural satellite, the Moon. The giant-impact hypothesis is currently the favored scientific hypothesis for the formation of the Moon. Multiple...

1935 British comedy film Big Splash, an alternate name for the giant impact hypothesis for the formation of the Moon Jo Brand's Big Splash, a British...

very convincing support for this hypothesis. A 2008 study provided additional research towards the single giant impact theory in the northern hemisphere...

repeating intervals, and thus, the Nemesis hypothesis is no longer needed." Counter-Earth Giant-impact hypothesis Lists of astronomical objects Nemesis (Asimov...

remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to...

after the formation of the Earth's crust and the Earth itself. The giant impact hypothesis for the Moon's formation states that shortly after formation of...

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impact craters. These larger impact craters make up the Man in the Moon references from popular mythology. Giant impact hypothesis Lists of astronomical objects...

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a relatively major component. A similar process, known as the giant impact hypothesis, has been proposed to explain the formation of Earth's Moon. Alternatively...

formation and growth of planets and planetary cores. The giant impact hypothesis states that an impact between a theoretical Mars-sized planet Theia and the...

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if the giant-impact hypothesis for the origin of the Moon is correct, this primordial rotation rate would have been reset by the Theia impact 4.5 billion...

Sitchin's "planetary collision" hypothesis does superficially resemble one suggested by modern astronomers—the giant impact hypothesis of the Moon's formation...

to the giant-impact hypothesis, which states that the Moon formed after the Earth collided with a planet-sized body called Theia. The hypothesis suggests...

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after it formed, splitting off material that formed the Moon (see Giant-impact hypothesis). A stable crust was apparently in place by 4,433 Ma, since zircon...

included fission from Earth, capture, and co-accretion. Today, the giant-impact hypothesis is widely accepted by the scientific community. The geological...

diameter.[citation needed] According to the giant impact hypothesis the Moon formed from a colossal impact of a hypothetical protoplanet called Theia with...

He is best known for being one of the first proponents of the giant-impact hypothesis of the formation of the Moon. Reginald Daly was educated at the...