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Large planets may not form fractionally large moons

One of the unique aspects of Earth is that it has a fractionally large Moon, which is thought to have formed from a Moon-forming disk generated by a giant impact. The Moon stabilizes the Earth’s spin axis at least by several degrees and contributes to Earth’s stable climate. Given that impacts are c...

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Autores principales: Nakajima, Miki, Genda, Hidenori, Asphaug, Erik, Ida, Shigeru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8807754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35105877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28063-8

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