A video released last week by NASA (4) simulates the putative collision between Earth and an object the size of Mars billions of years ago. – baptized as Theia – and may illuminate one of the mysteries of earth astrophysics: the formation of the Moon, a natural satellite that orbits and stabilizes our planet.

The images support the big impact hypothesis and are based on recent research investigating the sudden formation of the Moon in addition to the collision with Theia. would graduate in a few hoursand not for months or years as was previously believed.

Published in the magazine in April Astrophysical Journal LettersThe paper’s lead author, postdoctoral researcher Jacob Kegerreis of NASA’s Ames Research Center, says the theory “opens up a whole new range of possible starting points for the evolution of the Moon.”

How was the moon formed?

Using high-resolution simulations, the scientists found that large effects, in a short timeA satellite of similar mass and iron content to the Moon in orbit far beyond Earth’s so-called Roche limit, the minimum distance between a satellite and its planet without satellite breaking due to tidal forces.

In a statement, the authors claim that the single-stage moon formation scenario “managed to place it in a non-fully molten inner large orbit, potentially explaining features such as the satellite’s inclined orbit and thin crust.”

Researchers expect, in addition to learning more about the satellite, may have new insights into the formation of our planet. “The more we learn about how the Moon formed, the more we discover about the evolution of our own Earth,” said Vincent Eke, co-author of the paper.

ARTICLE Astrophysical Journal Letters – DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac8d96.

Source: Tec Mundo

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