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A hit-and-run giant impact scenario
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Abstract The formation of the Moon from the debris of a slow and grazing giant impact of a Mars-sized impactor on the proto-Earth ( Cameron and Ward [1976] . Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf.; Canup and Asphaug [2001]. Nature 412, 708) is widely accepted today. We present an alternative scenario with a hit-and-run collision (Asphaug [2010]. Chem. Erde 70, 199) with a fractionally increased impact velocity and a steeper impact angle.
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“Hit-and-run impacts can also make somewhat more target-rich disks (Reufer et al. 2012).”
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“However, if it does survive even partially, depending on some imperfect extent of radial mixing that may be helped by the cooler interior, then this improves δf t to around -40% to -30%, similar to proposed hit-and-run scenarios (Reufer et al. 2012).”
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Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation
Canup, R. M., & Asphaug, E. (2001) · Nature · doi:10.1038/35089010 · Cited by 1,094
Simulations of a late lunar-forming impact
Canup, R. M. (2004) · Icarus · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.09.028 · Cited by 669
Equilibration in the aftermath of the lunar-forming giant impact
Pahlevan, K., & Stevenson, D. J. (2007) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.055 · Cited by 381
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Forming a Moon with an Earth-like composition via a giant impact
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- Reufer, A., Meier, M. M. M., Benz, W., & Wieler, R.
- Venue
- Icarus
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 221
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 296-299
- ISSN
- 0019-1035 (ISSN-L)
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- W2087377156
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- 187
- References
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- 9.39
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- green
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