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Tidal Evolution of the Earth-Moon System with a High Initial Obliquity
Matija Ćuk, Simon J. Lock, Sarah T. Stewart +1
A giant impact origin for the Moon is generally accepted, but many aspects of lunar formation remain poorly understood and debated. Ćuk et al. (2016) proposed that an impact that l…
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Origin of the Moon
Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter, Nicolas Dauphas +8
The Earth-Moon system is unusual in several respects. The Moon is roughly 1/4 the radius of the Earth - a larger satellite-to-planet size ratio than all known satellites other than…