Electronic Resource
Palo Alto, Calif.
:
Annual Reviews
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
42 (2004), S. 441-475
ISSN:
0066-4146
Source:
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The giant impact theory is the leading hypothesis for the origin of the Moon. This review focuses on dynamical aspects of an impact-induced lunar formation, in particular those areas that have advanced considerably in the past decade, including (a) late-stage terrestrial accretion, (b) giant impact simulations, (c) protolunar disk evolution and lunar accretion, and (d) the origin of the initial lunar inclination. In all, recent developments now provide a reasonably consistent dynamical account of the origin of the Moon through a late giant impact with Earth, and suggest that the impact-generation of satellites is likely to be a common process in late-stage solid planet formation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.astro.41.082201.113457
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