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georedd

Please critic this theory that the moon was formed from mantle slung off earth when earth contracted and began to spin faster. It's definitely unusual but concentrate on specific scientific refutations not "that's crazy"

Please critic this theory that the moon was formed from mantle slung off earth when earth contracted and began to spin faster. It's definitely unusual but concentrate on specific scientific refutations not "that's crazy" or "the writer is a nut or conspiracy theorist etc etc."

http://dbs2000ad.com/brojon.org/WHAT_REALLY_KILLED_THE_DINOSAURS.htm

heads up before you start yes it is titled about dinosaurs but is really about the moon being slung from earth's top layer

You have to actually READ the linked detailed article above - not just hack in from reading my one sentence summary of the very detailed evidence in the article "that's stupid" or "he seems like a crackpot" isn't a critic!!

especially interesting is the part about the conservation of momentum and mass of the earth moon system and the fact that the moon consists of material matching the top layer of earth and the conjecture that earth spun so fast before ejection of the top layer that its gravity was nearly zero at the surface.

I find that idea fascinating and wonder if there is any other evidence to support low gravity millions of years ago..

Posted Dec 2, 2011, 4:05 AM UTC

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