The Earth-Moon System

  • Faure G
  • Mensing T
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Abstract

The origin of the noon continues to be a lively area of discussion. A collision between a young, nolten earth and a 1 ar~e p 1 anetes i ma 1 has becone a popu1 ar exp 1 anati on. After rev; ewi n9 the tradi ti ana 1 ori qi n theori es, the 1 ike 1 i hood of 1 unar ori gi n by colli sian ~Ii 11 be exani nerl. An upper 1 ini t on the ~ge of the dynanica1 earth-moon systen is also calculated. Tile result reveals a fundamental time conflict \"lith secular views ()f the noon's history.

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Faure, G., & Mensing, T. M. (2007). The Earth-Moon System. In Introduction to Planetary Science (pp. 139–166). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5544-7_9

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