theories of the moon

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Capture
moon sized object travelled through space and got trapped in earth's gravitational pull
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Did capture get accepted or rejected? why?
rejected. The moon is too big to get trapped in our gravitational pull
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Spinoff
Earth rotating on axis really fast and spit out a molten piece of itself
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Was spinoff rejected or accepted? why?
rejected because Earth never spun fast enough
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Co-creation
The earth and the moon formed at the same time
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was co-creation rejected or accepted? why?
rejected because both the earth and moon would have the same size iron core
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impact
mars size object hit earth early in its creation
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was impact rejected or accepted?
accepted because of the age of the moon