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« on: October 19, 2007, 12:44:18 PM »
I was watching a documentary about the four different theories that explain how the moon formed. The most excepted theory today is the impact theory where a Mars size planet impacted our earth X million years ago. Now if what I heard is true, the moon is also drifting away at an average of 3 cm a year. This is caused by the moon orbiting out of Earth's gravitational (to save The Engineer some time) pull. That means in a few 1000 years from now, solar eclipses won't show the diamond ring effect. Now for you FE'ers, primarily Tom, how did the moon form on FE and how would you explain the moon drifting away, if it is?