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In 1983 at Koni, Hawaii, an international conferrence was organised,its goal was to arrive at a global scientific consensus on moon origin. In Edwardian times the general feeling amongst scientists was the 'intact capture theory' which speculated the moon was captured by earths gravity and brought from elsewhere.This theory was discredited.
Next came along the 'coaccretion theory' which said the earth gained its moon by incremental build up(similar to saturn's rings),this to has now been proved wrong.
These days the fission theory or the dollop theory is accepted and it states that the moon itself is a result of a huge body smashing into the earth.
There are a number of discrepancies with this theory.
The 'giant impact hypothesis of collision ejection' would have resulted in a massive impact which could not have failed to speed up the rotation of the earth far beyond todays situation.
To counteract this ,it has been suggested that shortly after another huge body coming from exactly the opposite direction and with a specific speed cancelled it out.It sounds highly unlikely.
Also,with regard to the geology of the moon the current fission theory requires that the entire moon be initialy molten and accreted from devolatilized material-ie it does not account for the moons lower mantle apparently largely undifferentiated compositions.
The fission theory also does not account for a necessary density reversal below the upper mantle.
That said,there are a number of anomalies and coincedences about our moons structure that occur nowhere else in the solar system.
The moon revolves at exactly one hundreth of the speed that the earth turns on its axis.The moon is exactly four hundred times smaller than the sun and exactly four hundrd times closer to the earth(there are many more)
The fact is that many scientists have always rejected the fission theory as highly inprobable and implausible and in true scientific fashion have gone where the evidence took them.
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Originally posted by JackHill
Are you sure that the moon really exists?
Originally posted by karl 12
In 1983 at Koni, Hawaii, an international conferrence was organised,its goal was to arrive at a global scientific consensus on moon origin.
The moon revolves at exactly one hundreth of the speed that the earth turns on its axis.
and exactly four hundrd times closer to the earth(there are many more)
The scientific principle of arriving at judgements AFTER dispassionately examining evidence has led many to the conclusion that te moon is itself an artificial construct made by unknown intelligence.
PS Resonance and seismic tests also carried out on the moon went a long way in proving ,to some extent, the moon is hollow.
Originally posted by Yandros
radius of Earth = 3 963.1676 miles
radius of the moon = 1 079.57031 miles
combined radius = 5042.73791 miles
7! = 7x6x5x4x3x2x1 = 5040
Originally posted by tha stillz
I will usually give someone the benefit of the doubt on far out theories. I am trying really hard here, I mean, Last night was a full moon, if not really close, and it lit up the whole area. Damn near as bright as a the sun with strong sunglasses.
How do you explain the sunlight reflecting off the moon, and lighting up the desert?
directed at Jack
[edit on 5-12-2006 by tha stillz]
"the moon has a diameter of 3476 km
the sun has a diameter of about 1.4 million km - it is not static
so your " exact " relationship is imposible "
PS Resonance and seismic tests also carried out on the moon went a long way in proving ,to some extent, the moon is hollow.
"no they did not - you are confusing an off the cuff remark with scientific data "
At that meeting, the giant impact hypothesis emerged as the leading hypothesis and has remained in that role ever since. Dr. Michael Drake, director of the University of Arizona's Planetary Science Department, recently described that meeting as perhaps the most successful in the history of planetary science.
A collection of papers from that meeting was published by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (Houston) in the 1986 book, Origin of the Moon, edited by PSI scientist William Hartmann, together with Geoffry Taylor and Roger Phillips. This book remains the prime reference on this subject. In the meantime, researchers such as Willy Benz, Jay Melosh, A. G. W. Cameron, and others have attempted computer models of the giant impact, to determine how much material would go into orbit. Some of these results have been used by Hartmann to make the paintings on this web page, attempting to show how the impact would have looked to a human observer (if humans had been around -- they didn't come along until 4.5 billion years later!)
In the 1990's, Dr. Robin Canup wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on the moon's origin and the giant impact hypothesis, which produced new modeling of the aggregation of the debris into moonlets, and eventually, into the moon itself. Dr. Canup is continuing the modeling of the lunar accretion process.
Originally posted by JackHill
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