According to a new study, an event called the Great Planetary Instability may have caused the formation of the Moon.
The planets were not always in the orbits we know today. In the ancient times of the Universe, the planets were tossed around in chaos and the Solar System was in a giant chaos. The chaotic dance of the gas giants also affected the fate of other planets. According to a new study, the Moon may have emerged under the influence of Jupiter.
Studying this sequence of events, which took place 60-100 million years after the formation of the Solar System, scientists were able to link a meteorite to a meteorite that was affected by the gravity of the gas giants at the time. What’s more, the formation of the Moon may also have been influenced by Jupiter
New thesis on the formation of the Moon
According to scientists, Theia, a planet roughly the size of Mars, was one of the planets affected by gas giants trying to find their orbits. According to researchers, the remains of Theia’s collision with Earth formed the Moon.
Researchers realize that this theory does not answer every question. On the other hand, there is no other theory that explains why some celestial bodies are where they are. For example, while planets form on a disk of gas and dust, it is not known why some asteroids and their constituent materials are actually where they are. According to the researchers, their theory is quite close to explaining the situation, but it is difficult to be precise for an event that took place 4.5 billion years ago.
The research was published in Science.
