Formation of the Moon

Abstract from Kokubo et al. (2000)
We investigate the evolution of a circumterrestrial disk of debris generated by a giant impact on the earth and the characteristics of the moon accreted from the disk by using high-resolution N-body simulation. We find that in most cases the disk evolution results in the formation of a single large moon on a nearly non-inclined circular orbit outside the Roche limit, which is consistent with the previous work by Ida et al. (1997).

http://yso.mtk.nao.ac.jp/~kokubo/moon/kit/movie.html

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[Strykenine]

Thank god for the mute button.

[lomaisnatural]

the music is horrible... the animation is great...

[InnocentBearz]

The song is creepy

[TheBlobster1212]

Moons orbiting the moon? I knew the Proto Earth had temporary rings.

[fookfocketyfookfook]

Don't see why the music is such a problem for people. It's got kind of a 60s star trek type sound to it along with some jazzy wierdness and some beats that are hard to follow. Almost like you're watching a video about something in space, where lots of unpredictable random things are happening but where the big picture is coherent. hmmm

[phuturephunk]

I didn't know there were so many DnB haters out there.

Losers.

[matthewbbb1978]

shitty music.....thumbs down

[theabiotictheory]

@jasonlonon The Nebular Hypothesis has already been falsified by NASA.

[jasonlonon]

@theabiotictheory Collisions are used because they are part of the Nebular Theory ... you can't fault a theory for using one of it's main tenets. That would be similar to getting mad at Fench Fry makers because they all use potatoes.

[kafin]

what exactly is kepler time?

[PutItAway101]

What ugly music for such a beautiful video