How Does the Fission Hypothesis Describe the Moon's Origin

question 42

Multiple Choice

How does the fission hypothesis describe the Moon's origin?

• A)The Moon broke off from a rapidly spinning Earth.
• B)The Earth and the Moon formed from the same cloud of matter.
• C)The Moon formed elsewhere in the solar nebula and was later captured by the Earth.
• D)The Moon was formed when a very massive planetesimal smashed into the young Earth.

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