What Is the Giant Impact Hypothesis for the Origin of the Moon

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Multiple Choice

What is the giant impact hypothesis for the origin of the Moon?

• A)The Moon formed when two gigantic asteroids collided with one another.
• B)The Moon formed just like the Earth, from accretion in the solar nebula.
• C)The Moon originally was about the same size as Earth, but a giant impact blasted most of it away so that it ended up much smaller than Earth.
• D)The Moon formed from material blasted out of the Earth's mantle and crust by the impact of a Mars- size object.

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