Question re: 'The day the moon was made' Theory

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Question re: \'The day the moon was made\' Theory

If anyone is familiar with this theory;
<a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/moon_making_010815-1.html" target="_blank">24 Hours of Chaos: The Day The Moon Was Made </a>

What supposedly eventually happened to the 'Mars-sized object' in reference to the article?

It obviously is not referring the 'object' to be Mars itself because then, I would surmise, it would simply state;
"Mars hit" or something to that fact.
Furthering that speculation is the quote from the article here:
"The object came in and hit, and that's what set the Earth's rotation and what its equator would be," Canup said.
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Once again we clearly see the researcher avoiding at actually saying Mars, or naming any other planetary body for that matter.
Is it supposed that it had a collision path with the Sun?
If so, it doesn't seem to indicate that either.

Would modern systems available - not allow for furthering of the simulation to find out?

Any input is greatly appreciated, I'm just geniunely curious ^^.
 
Question re: \'The day the moon was made\' Theory

A dark, lifeless object less than half as massive as Earth careens around a newborn Sun. It is one of many planet-sized bodies hoping for a long career. But its orbit is shaky. It's future grim. It is a character actor on the grand stage of the solar system, a player of great ultimate consequence but one destined to never see its name in lights.

This doomed "protoplanet" travels a path that crosses the orbits of similar objects and, ultimately, cannot last. Eventually, the nameless protoplanet meets up with a fledgling Earth.
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<font color="blue"> In other words, it ultimately becomes the moon? Another pinball machine theory.

Rotating planets:very common. Planet moon systems: very common. And we have a solar system with planets circling the sun. Astronomers can't seem to account for rotations without some sort of collision. Velikovskian. [/COLOR] /ttiforum/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Question re: \'The day the moon was made\' Theory

I think I can see what the problem is: the Mystery proto-planet is too big to be the moon--the moon is formed from the rocks it pulls off the surface of the earth.

But if it is Mars, then the collision has to be just right so that Mars can have its present orbit. (She may still be crunching the numbers on that). It can't be Venus, because according to Emmanuel Velikovsky the planet Venus is still a comet awaiting its turn to dump hydrocarbons on the earth and validate the Bible.
It's too small to be Nibiru--but it could be one of Nibiru's moons--have to check out Sumerian legend to see if that is possible.

Of course if the rocks didn't fall to earth in the first place, you wouldn't need a mystery planet to pull them off and then disappear once its job was finished.

I'm so glad I didn't take up planetary science-- this stuff is just too difficult to figure out.
 
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