MOON MISSION: THE GIANT IMPACT

Class VIII Physics · Chapter 6: Sound and Space · 6.3 Formation of the Moon

4.53 billion years ago
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The Early Solar System A young Earth and a wandering protoplanet

True size ratios · orbit distances & timings compressed for clarity

STAGE 1 OF 5 ≈ 4.53 billion years ago
01 · Approach

The Early Solar System

Class VIII Physics · 6.3 Formation of the Moon

MOON MISSIONTHE GIANT IMPACT

Travel back 4.5 billion years and watch a Mars-sized world collide with the young Earth — and the Moon form from the debris.

5stages
4.5 Gyrago
3Dreal-time

Space play / pause · ← → change stage · drag to look around · click labels for facts

Generating planetary surfaces…

Earth · Theia · the Moon — built from 4.5 billion years of rock