Study looks to origin of Moon itself for insight into genesis of present lunar terrain, considering origin of Moon and its thermal history together with concomitant effects on Earth; hypotheses presented are integration and elaboration of those of O. Fisher, G.Darwin, W.Pickering and A.Wegener; it is proposed that Moon originated from Earth and took with it over half of Earth's original crust; this formed almost 14% of total volume of Moon; terrestrial and lunar consequences of hypothesis. (See also v 6 n 1 Jan 1964 p 12-20)
Origin of moon
Spaceflight
Spaceflight ; 6 , n 2
1964
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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