Was it once part of the earth, blown out into orbit by a meteor? or was it a meteor or piece of drifting space stuff? where did it come from?
2007-05-05 04:39:52 · 18 answers · asked by jono 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I think the general consensus is that another planetoid smashed into the baby Earth early on in its development and that threw trillions of tons of matter out into space that formed rings around the globe for a while.
They eventually coalesced into the moon. The moon was originally a lot closer to the Earth than it is now. The dinosaurs would have thought (if they thought at all) that it took up half the sky and it is receding at a pace of around an inch a year which doesn't sound a lot but in a few thousand years, a total solar eclipse won't be as dramatic as it is now because the Sun and the Moon won't seem the same size.
2007-05-05 22:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was once part of the earth but the earth was hit by a meteor which caused that bit and a few others to be blown away. the moon stayed in orbit though
2007-05-05 04:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by dixidan_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today, the giant impact hypothesis for forming the Earth–Moon system is widely accepted by the scientific community. In this hypothesis, the impact of a Mars-sized body on the proto-Earth is postulated to have put enough material into circumterrestrial orbit to form the Moon.
2007-05-05 04:44:22 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's something that formed from pieces of rock after the meteor hit. And I've heard rumors that the moon doesn't exist, listen up people, the moon does exist.
2007-05-05 08:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by Wolf guy lupine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meteor, asteroids shmuck, what do they know!
Many, many years ago before memory began the God Sol lay with Mother Earth and had a boy who they called 'Moon' who promised always to stay with his mother Earth and since then has always ran around her skirts so as to stay close.
2007-05-05 04:56:45 · answer #5 · answered by john k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard that the moon was a meteor or something that collided with the earth. it deflected away but was caught by the earth's gravity and kept in orbit.
2007-05-05 23:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by pullthetrigger 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its still mystery... Hard to answer... Its like "crime" how Moon get where he is now... haha... Really... for now only God knows... Scientists will know one day when they will gain some unquestionable proof for one of teories... Anyway Moon do a lot of good work... For me he is even some kind of guardian... long tale to explain... But its good he is...
2007-05-06 08:45:09 · answer #7 · answered by Robert M Mrok (Gloom) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the moon is the earths natural satellite.it contols the ebb and flow of the tide. it did not come from the earth.xxxx
2007-05-05 04:44:20 · answer #8 · answered by ilovedorkscoolbeans 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The moon really is a mystery read link
http://www.informantnews.com/starshipgamma/lunar/moon2.html
2007-05-05 04:43:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it was a part of the earth.
2007-05-05 04:42:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋