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Earth-Asteroid Collision Formed Moon Later Than Thought

National Geographic News: The moon was formed from fragments of Earth after a collision with a giant asteroid relatively late in our planet's formation, new tests of moon rocks show.

Posted by Physics Today on December 20, 2007 10:23 AM |

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