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Was our Moon once part of Earth?
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Was our Moon once part of Earth?

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SMART-1's researchers will check the theory that our companion in space was made from the debris of a monstrous collision billions of years ago - between the newly born Earth and a smaller planet.

  • ESA 2002. Illustration by Medialab.
A shocking birth for the Moon?
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A shocking birth for the Moon?

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Scenario of the Moon's origin
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Scenario of the Moon's origin

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Scenario of the Moon’s origin
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Scenario of the Moon’s origin

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Earth-Moon system
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Earth-Moon system

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Once SMART-1 has been captured by the Moon's gravity, it begins to work its way closer to the lunar surface
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Once SMART-1 has been captured by the Moon's gravity…

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