Since a lot many people wondered about the Moon, we have several theories about its formation. Though we still don’t know exactly how the Moon came into existence, these theories are based on scientific explanations.
The Capture Theory suggests that the Moon was a planet that once moved in its orbit around the Sun. The Earth, with its greater gravitational force pulled the Moon towards our planet. The Co-formation Theory suggests that the Earth and Moon were formed at the same time from a cloud of dust and gas.
It was George Howard Darwin, Charles Darwin’s son who proposed the Fission Theory. According to G H Darwin, the Earth spun so fast in the early years that a bulge formed on one of its sides. After a while, the Sun’s gravitational pull tore off this bulge. It fell off in space and later formed the Moon.
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