I have been reading about the theory that the moon was formed
from a collision between earth and a mars sized object early in
the formation of the solar system, can other people in the forum
shed some light onto this? I have been reading about the theory
that the moon was formed from a collision between earth and a
mars sized object early in the formation of the solar system,
can other people in the forum shed some light onto this? That's
probably brought fourth by the same people who believe that
Venus came from Jupiter (or Saturn or from outer space). There
are one time events in the history of the solar system, but
nothing the size of mars could have hit the earth and leave the
earth as is. Besides, where's the culprit? The moon did come out
of the earth, but the modus operanti is different. Actually
jtommasi, I think you'll find it is (or was) a very serious
scientific theory - the important point to remember is that this
collision was supposed to have happened during the very early
stages of the solar sy