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Old May 5th 04, 01:42 AM
Gary Morrison
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Default Orpheus Theory -> Non-Circular Orbit?

An interesting thought just popped into mind.

The current going theory regarding the origin of the Moon appears to be
the Orpheus theory, in which a planetoid nearly the size of the Earth at
the time, impacted Earth and caused a ring of debris that later formed
the Moon.

What just popped into mind is this question: Wouldn't such an extreme
collision be likely to substantially purturb the Earth's orbit into
something substantially non-circular? Even if it wasn't circular
before, it seems unlikely that that impact would produce such a
nearly-circular orbit like we have now. Wouldn't it seem more likely
that it accreded into a nearly-circular orbit and stayed there?

Just a thought...

 




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