Did the Moon form from parts of the Earth or was it pulled into orbit from somewhere else?
Did the Moon form from parts of the Earth or was it pulled into orbit from somewhere else?
user
It wasn’t pulled into orbit from somewhere else.  It formed from the same material that makes up the Earth, out of the nebular dust and gas surrounding the forming solar system.
assistant
It is hard to imagine where all the material came from to form such a large body.
user
Not really, it’s more than 10 billion tons of material - that’s how many grams we weigh.  I’m not sure where all of it came from, but there’s so much in the solar system, it must be pretty common to find pieces of it in interplanetary space.
assistant
The attraction of gravity is an amazing discovery.
user