NASA Report


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (March 17, 1999)

The new information from the Lunar Prospector spacecraft supports the theory that the Moon was ripped from the Earth after a massive interplanetary collision, NASA scientist said Tuesday.

"This is a critical finding in helping scientist determine how the Earth and Moon formed," Dr. Alen Binder, principal investigator of the Lunar Prospector, said in a news release.

The announcement finished with the remark that this information will do much to pin down for good if the 'giant impact' model of the formation of the Moon is correct, or if the Moon is Formed in a different manner.

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