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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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Fission and impact, simply explained.

“Why bother talking about moons? They're just boring lumps of rock.”

Not so! Moons are sources of great interest to anybody who's interested in space, and continually challenge the way scientists and astronomers think.

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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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Different types of moons, perhaps unsurprisingly, are thought to come from different origins. Here are some theories Earth humans have come up with so far: accretion and capture.

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Reymond Aguinaldo · @mondinspace
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There are a number theories that have been put forward for moon formation, but accretion and capture are the most common for explaining the majority of the moons in our Solar System. Other theories include fission and impact. Learn more about moons: solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/ove

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