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Nuclear explosion on Earth created Moon?
[Iran Press TV Latest] Scientists have suggested a new theory saying that the Moon was created as a result of a nuclear explosion on Earth. The new hypothesis is based on the 19th century fission theory, which said Earth and Moon were created after a molten rock collided with the planet and part of it was thrown into the orbit around it, becoming the Moon. Rob de Meijer of the University of the Western Cape and Wim van Westrenen of Amsterdam's VU University, however, do not believe that this was the case. They believe that if the Moon was had been knocked off by an impacting external force, it would have the same composition as that of the Earth and the object that hit it. "Models of solar system evolution show that it is highly unlikely for the chemical composition of the Earth and impactor to be identical," they wrote in their research paper 'An alternative hypothesis for the origin of the Moon.' Recent lunar samples, however, showed that the moon has almost the same chemical composition as of the Earth, mailOnline reported. "A more likely possibility for the large degree of compositional similarity... is that the moon derives directly from terrestrial material," the paper said. "Supplied by a supercritical georeactor in Earth's core-mantle boundary producing sufficient heat to vaporize and eject part of the bulk silicate earth." Clay Dillow of the Popular Science supported the newly suggested theory, saying, "According to their explanation, the centrifugal forces on Earth concentrated heavier elements like uranium and thorium near the surface around the equatorial plane." "Enough of these elements in high enough concentrations could set off a runaway nuclear chain reaction, similar to the kind that cause nuke plant meltdowns," he explained. "In this way, a natural-born nuclear georeactor was pushed to supercritical levels and: BOOM! The moon was cleaved from the Earth and rocketed into orbit by a massive nuclear explosion."
Posted by: Fred 2010-02-01 |
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