Re: Sherlock Holmes (was Re: VMs: Operators)

["Larry Roux" <lroux@xxxxxxx>]

Actually, the Moon being created by a mars-sized object is a couple
decades old, at least.  This is the theory that I learned in grade
school and was shown in planetariums when I went to them more regularly.

But this isn't the proper forum to argue this ad nauseum.  The end-point
of this is that this is a well accepted theory [so much so it is now
considered fact].  There are too many experiments and properties of the
moon that show this to be true.



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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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>>> rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/03/03 15:44 PM >>>
> > The theory is that when the Earth and other planets
> > were just about through forming, a Mars-sized
> > body slammed into the Earth, knocking the Moon
> > off of it.
> > 
> > Personally, I'm skeptical of this idea...
> 
> Hmmm. Is this from someone whose name starts
> with a V, and who better not be the subject of 
> mailing list and usenet discussions?

No, it's a fairly recent theory; not more than a couple
of years old. I've read a couple of the person you mention's
books, and I agree, it does sound like something of his.

Robert
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