Monday, November 23, 2009

Earth's Moon Formation

We never really think about how a moon is created. Earth's Moon starts with a Nebula. While it is a Nebula there is hot gas and dust from the supernova explosion, swirling around in space. Then there is the Particles. The Particles come as clouds that cools atoms move more slower and clump together. After being particles there are the Planetesimals. This is when Accretion begins. Small objects collide and stick together to form larger bodies. Then it would be a protoplanet. This is when the body gets bigger and bigger and is gaining gravity to pull in even more material/objects. After that whole process we would get the end product, The Earth's Moon! This is because, this is a impact planet. Debris accrets and forms moons near planets.

Accretion- is when small objects collide and stick together to form larger bodies.

Supernova Explosion- is when fusion ends, matter collapses towards the center, then explodes. The collapse has enough pressure to make big atoms. The explosion out sines entire galaxy.

Fusion- is when Helium and Hydrogen atoms collide and create heat and light.

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