Scientists began to doubt the hypothesis of the formation of the moon

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Maryland - There is a hypothesis that the moon formed from debris the size of Mars collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago. But, it seems the hypothesis began to doubt. Because the variety of questions can not be answered from the hypothesis.


If it is true the moon formed by the collision of Earth with another object, why the moon has some chemical similarities with Earth?

Dr. Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, an astrophysicist at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa revealed that the composition of the Earth and the Moon is almost identical. Contradiction has cast a hypothesis that had been grown.

Similarity variation in the tungsten isotopes found in the Earth and the moon continues to raise questions scientists that two different sized objects have the same composition.

"The problem lies in the fact the composition of the Earth and the moon is really very similar in genetic terms. That is the isotopic composition of their element," said study author Richard Walker of the University of Maryland, as quoted Nationalgeographic from HuffingtonPost.

"This genetic indicator will tell us where the materials came from the planet," he added.

This study revealed that the possibility of the Earth and other objects collide, then formed the Moon is only about 1% only.

However, about how the formation of the moon still a mystery. However, this study shows a little bright spot.