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Early Earth may have had two moons

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Collision with lost second satellite would explain Moon's asymmetry.

Earth once had two moons, which merged in a slow-motion collision that took several hours to complete, researchers propose in Nature today.

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Lovett, R. Early Earth may have had two moons. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.456

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