“New theoretical modeling of the ancient history of the Earth and the Moon suggests that the giant collision that spawned our natural satellite may have left Earth spinning very fast, and with its spin axis highly tilted. Computer simulations of what followed the collision, sometimes referred to as the “big whack,” show that, following this event, and as the young Moon’s orbit was getting bigger, the Earth lost much of its spin as well gained a nearly upright orientation with respect to the ecliptic. The simulations give new insight into the question of whether planets with big moons are more likely to have moderate climates and life.”
Related Content
Related Posts:
- US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope
- Scientists explain magnetic pole’s wanderings
- Mysterious number 6174
- World’s highest and India’s largest gamma-ray telescope to go live in Ladakh this year
- A recipe for beating the record of most-calculated digits of pi
- World’s oldest periodic table chart found in St Andrews
- Mersenne Prime Number discovery - 2^82589933-1 is Prime!
- Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica’s Ice, and They Might Shatter Modern Physics
- How a Student Took a Photo of a Single Atom
- FedEx employee from Tennessee discovers largest known prime number