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Watch How the Moon Was Formed

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-wonder-who-owns-that-moon? dept.

itwbennett writes "A pair of NASA videos released today show the moon as you've never seen it before. In one video, you get an up-close tour of the moon's craters, thanks to video and images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the other, you can watch an animation of the moon's creation and evolution."

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  1. Why not post link to NASA website? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14483&media_id=135568801&module=homepage

  2. Re:Earth impact? by Rollgunner · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Large-Impact Hypothesis is the current consensus. One smaller protoplanet grazed a larger one, leaving a large chunk of itself behind. The larger became the Earth, the smaller, the moon.

    As to why the Lunar crust is (believed to be) about 1/3 thicker of the far side than the near side, no one is quite sure.