A hit-and-run giant impact scenario

• Published in: Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) Vol. 221; no. 1; pp. 296 - 299
• Main Authors: Reufer, Andreas, Meier, Matthias M.M., Benz, Willy, Wieler, Rainer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.09.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Astronomy; Collisional physics; Debris; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Formation; Formations; Geologi; Geology; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Grazing; Impact angle; Impact velocity; Impactors; Moon; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Planets; Satellites; Satellites, Formation; Solar system; Satellites, Formation; Moon; Collisional physics; Planets; Solar system

The formation of the Moon from the debris of a slow and grazing giant impact of a Mars-sized impactor on the proto-Earth (Cameron and Ward [1976]. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf.; Canup and Asphaug [2001]. Nature 412, 708) is widely accepted today. We present an alternative scenario with a hit-and-run coll...