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Naru523

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Formation of the Moon
« on: October 27, 2009, 07:55:32 PM »
We investigate the evolution of a circumterrestrial disk of debris generated by a giant impact on the earth and the characteristics of the moon accreted from the disk by using high-resolution N-body simulation. We find that in most cases the disk evolution results in the formation of a single large moon on a nearly non-inclined circular orbit outside the Roche limit, which is consistent with the previous work by Ida et al.

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Re: Formation of the Moon
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2009, 02:24:26 PM »
DAN!!! look at 00:53!
a impact must look like that in US!!

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Re: Formation of the Moon
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2009, 03:14:53 PM »
Dan need POWERFULL computer to that impacts