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Impact Dynamics of Moons Within a Planetary Potential
Raluca Rufu, Oded Aharonson
Current lunar origin scenarios suggest that Earth's Moon may have resulted from the merger of two (or more) smaller moonlets. Dynamical studies of multiple moons find that these sa…
astro-ph.EP2019★ 142 cited
Multiple Impact Origin for the Moon
Raluca Rufu, Oded Aharonson, Hagai B. Perets
The hypothesis of lunar origin by a single giant impact can explain some aspects of the Earth-Moon system. However, it is difficult to reconcile giant impact models with the compos…