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rAgAv
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:12 am
Guest
I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?
Guest
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:21 am
On 18 mar, 21:53, "George" <Geo...@george.net> wrote:
Quote:
"SBC Yahoo" <atilla.the....@liberals.suck.net> wrote in message

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"rAgAv" <ragav.pa...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory,  a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?
- - - - -<><> - - - -
There is.  Same rocks on the moon as on the earth, so far.
- - - - -</> <\> - - - - -

That is correct.  In addition, he might have a decimal place out of whack in
his remembrance of how many years after the Earth first formed that the
collision occurred.  I seem to recall that the interval was in millions of
years, not billions.

George- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -

- Afficher le texte des messages précédents -

Georgy boi,

... at this level of idiocy billions or millions do not matter at
all !

Thank you anyway for being on watch, I appreciate indeed your comments
at all time.
How is your health these days ?
The Man From Havana
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:51 pm
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On Mar 19, 7:21 am, sir.jean-paul.turc...@neuf.fr wrote:
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On 18 mar, 21:53, "George" <Geo...@george.net> wrote:





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"rAgAv" <ragav.pa...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory,  a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?
- - - - -<><> - - - -
There is.  Same rocks on the moon as on the earth, so far.
- - - - -</> <\> - - - - -

That is correct.  In addition, he might have a decimal place out of whack in
his remembrance of how many years after the Earth first formed that the
collision occurred.  I seem to recall that the interval was in millions of
years, not billions.

George- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -

- Afficher le texte des messages précédents -

 Georgy boi,

... at this level of idiocy billions or millions do not matter at
all !

Thank you anyway for being on watch, I appreciate indeed your comments
at all time.
How is your health these days ?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ramblings of an idiot.
SBC Yahoo
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:59 pm
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"rAgAv" <ragav.payne@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:b8a425c1-e21b-4b64-b2fc-a155d0078cbf@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
Quote:

I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?
- - - - -<><> - - - -

There is. Same rocks on the moon as on the earth, so far.
- - - - -</> <\> - - - - -
Gautam Majumdar
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:23 pm
Guest
rAgAv wrote:

Quote:

I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,

A few tens to hundred million years after formation of the Earth

Quote:
when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth

The best estimate I understand is a Mars sized proto-planet collided

Quote:
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?

There are similar rocks on Earth & the Moon.

--
gautam
George
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:53 pm
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"SBC Yahoo" <atilla.the.hun@liberals.suck.net> wrote in message
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Quote:

"rAgAv" <ragav.payne@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:b8a425c1-e21b-4b64-b2fc-a155d0078cbf@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?
- - - - -<><> - - - -
There is. Same rocks on the moon as on the earth, so far.
- - - - -</> <\> - - - - -

That is correct. In addition, he might have a decimal place out of whack in
his remembrance of how many years after the Earth first formed that the
collision occurred. I seem to recall that the interval was in millions of
years, not billions.

George
Guest
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:01 pm
On 19 mar, 05:40, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com>
wrote:
Quote:
In article
f04db1bb-3fae-4b05-b9c8-fe87976a3...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

 sir.jean-paul.turc...@neuf.fr wrote:
... at this level of idiocy billions or millions do not matter at
all !

Don't be an asshole. Ignorance can be cured.

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." �Chris L.

Well, this is good news since I thought your ignorance was
definitive.
A little ray of hope then.
Timberwoof
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:39 pm
Guest
In article
<b8a425c1-e21b-4b64-b2fc-a155d0078cbf@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
rAgAv <ragav.payne@googlemail.com> wrote:

Quote:
I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?

The hypothesis has the impact a few million or tens of million years
after the formation of the Earth. And most of the impactor sails away
into space.

And in fact, the moon and the Earth have similar compositions.

Here, check this out for a start to your research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Origin_and_geologic_evolution

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ‹Chris L.
Timberwoof
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:40 pm
Guest
In article
<f04db1bb-3fae-4b05-b9c8-fe87976a3753@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
sir.jean-paul.turcaud@neuf.fr wrote:

Quote:
... at this level of idiocy billions or millions do not matter at
all !

Don't be an asshole. Ignorance can be cured.

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ‹Chris L.
Timberwoof
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:02 am
Guest
In article
<544d2af3-169f-429d-9073-f22ff5b6175b@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
sir.jpturcaud@neuf.fr wrote:

Quote:
On 19 mar, 05:40, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com
wrote:
In article
f04db1bb-3fae-4b05-b9c8-fe87976a3...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

 sir.jean-paul.turc...@neuf.fr wrote:
... at this level of idiocy billions or millions do not matter at
all !

Don't be an asshole. Ignorance can be cured.

Well, this is good news since I thought your ignorance was
definitive. A little ray of hope then.

No, I didn't actually expect you to not be an asshole.

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ‹Chris L.
Guest
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:05 pm
On 19 mar, 17:02, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com>
wrote:
Quote:
In article
544d2af3-169f-429d-9073-f22ff5b61...@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,

 sir.jpturc...@neuf.fr wrote:
On 19 mar, 05:40, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com
wrote:
In article
f04db1bb-3fae-4b05-b9c8-fe87976a3...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

 sir.jean-paul.turc...@neuf.fr wrote:
... at this level of idiocy billions or millions do not matter at
all !

Don't be an asshole. Ignorance can be cured.
*> > Well,  this is good news since I thought your ignorance was

*> > definitive. A little ray of hope then.
*>
*> No, I didn't actually expect you to not be an asshole.



Well, 2 negations + another negation lead to a negation...
A clear application of Murphy's law :
"When embarrassed mumble"

You apparentlly shot yourself in the foot ... a typical case of
ignorance indeed !
BradGuth
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:55 pm
Guest
On Mar 18, 9:12 am, rAgAv <ragav.pa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Quote:
I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?

Isn't the moon also somewhat older than Earth?
.. - Brad Guth
BradGuth
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:59 pm
Guest
On Mar 18, 11:23 am, Gautam Majumdar <gmajum...@freeuk.com> wrote:
Quote:
rAgAv wrote:

I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,

A few tens to hundred million years after formation of the Earth

when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth

The best estimate I understand is a Mars sized proto-planet collided

collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?

There are similar rocks on Earth & the Moon.

--
gautam

Then why can't other simulations be run? What are you afraid of?
.. - Brad Guth
BradGuth
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:03 pm
Guest
On Mar 18, 8:39 pm, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com>
wrote:
Quote:
In article
b8a425c1-e21b-4b64-b2fc-a155d0078...@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

rAgAv <ragav.pa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?

The hypothesis has the impact a few million or tens of million years
after the formation of the Earth. And most of the impactor sails away
into space.

And in fact, the moon and the Earth have similar compositions.

Here, check this out for a start to your research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Origin_and_geologic_evolution

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." �Chris L.

Lots of older than Earth moon rocks exist. Go figure, where do you
think the bulk of those moon crater displaced rocks ended up?
. - Brad Guth
Timberwoof
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:23 am
Guest
In article
<a6f64194-e0a5-4c23-808a-d8d14182aab5@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
BradGuth <bradguth@gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:
On Mar 18, 8:39 pm, Timberwoof <timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com
wrote:
In article
b8a425c1-e21b-4b64-b2fc-a155d0078...@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

rAgAv <ragav.pa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
I watched a show on Natgeo which showed the formation of earth and the
solar system as they are now. It supported the following theory, a
few billion years after the formation of solar system,when the earth
was still in the molten state, a planet half the size of earth
collides with earth.As a result of this collision, some part of that
planet merges with the earth and becomes part of it and the remaining
fragments form a planetesimal called the moon.

My doubt is - if the same planet formed the moon and merged with the
earth, why isn't there a similarity between the rocks found in moon
and those that are found in earth?

The hypothesis has the impact a few million or tens of million years
after the formation of the Earth. And most of the impactor sails away
into space.

And in fact, the moon and the Earth have similar compositions.

Here, check this out for a start to your research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Origin_and_geologic_evolution

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ?Chris L.

Lots of older than Earth moon rocks exist. Go figure, where do you
think the bulk of those moon crater displaced rocks ended up?

They're not that much older than the oldest Earth rocks, and given your
hypothesis that the moon came from elsewhere, that makes their ages
downright coincidental.

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ‹Chris L.
 
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