Theia (planet)
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theia-planet-205-12405138
title:
Theia (planet)
text:
Theia is a hypothesized ancient planet in the early Solar System which, according to the giant-impact hypothesis, collided with the early Earth around 4.5 billion years ago, with some of the resulting ejected debris coalescing to form the Moon. Collision simulations support the idea that the large low-shear-velocity provinces in the lower mantle may be remnants of Theia. Theia is hypothesized to have been about the size of Mars, and may have formed in the outer Solar System and provided much of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Planet hypothesized to have impacted Earth and created the Moon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)
date created:
2004-08-19T01:51:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:22:31Z
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