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

question 73

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 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.
• C)The Moon formed from material blasted out of the Earth's mantle and crust by the impact of a Mars-size object.
• D)The Moon formed just like Earth,from accretion in the solar nebula.

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