The most sophisticated simulations yet of the Moon's birth show that it could have been created from an impact of a large body with a fully formed, rather than half-formed, Earth.
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Melosh, J. A new model Moon. Nature 412, 694–695 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35089176
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