Confirmed that the Moon – the fruit of cosmic copulation Teyi and Earth – Moskovsky Komsomolets

Geophysics found confirmation of the hypothesis of the 1970s, according to which the Moon was formed as a result of the collision of Earth with a certain planet Theia

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have fallen planet Theia was supposed to be a similar chemical composition and that the planet is at the same distance from the Sun as the Earth, scientists admit. Isotope tungsten-182, found in the soil of the moon and the earth, which appeared after the collapse of the hafnium-182, says about the validity of this hypothesis. The report can be found in the journal Nature and online Nature News.

Image: Hagai Perets / Nature.

Geophysics believe Earth and Moon sisters since they were born in the same environment, however, could not call them twins, because they were not from one planet.

natural satellite of the Earth has a large volume of material, therefore, our planet has accumulated matter of comets and asteroids.

Geophysics received new confirmation of the hypothesis that appeared in the 70s. In those days the findings of scientists talked about the formation of the Moon from the fragments that appeared as a result of collision of the Earth and the planets of large size equal to Mars. This idea prompted the chemical composition of the planet and its satellites, and the lack of an iron core.

Scientists think that the planet Theia should be similar chemical composition and that the planet is at the same distance from the Sun, and that Earth.

The isotope tungsten-182, found in the lunar soil and the earth, and appeared after the collapse of the hafnium-182, says the fairness of such a hypothesis, reports stripnews.org.

Richard Walker from University of Maryland, College Park (USA) and several other American and Russian geologists have found that differences in the isotopic composition of the lunar and terrestrial rocks still there, drawing attention to one of the geochemical features of the early solar system.

protoplanetary disc rocks of the Earth and other planets, was filled with a huge number of short-lived isotopes whose half-life is short on space standards or tens of millions of years. At the time of formation of the first planets of these isotopes have disappeared, leaving traces in the form of degradation products on shares which can find out where and how to form one or another celestial body.

Walker and his colleagues focused their attention on the tungsten-182 – a relatively rare isotope of the metal, which occurred in the early solar system as a result of the collapse of the atoms of hafnium-182.

If the Moon is really born after the collision Teyi with the proto-Earth, then the proportion of this isotope in the rocks it should be higher geochemical different reasons. due to the fact that in the next era of our planet “collected” more than her companion, small asteroids and space dust, which contains almost no tungsten atoms-182.

Following this idea, the team and Walker another independent group of geologists from the University of Münster (Germany) has calculated the proportion of tungsten isotopes in the rock samples brought to Earth expedition “Apollo 16″.

As these measurements in lunar rocks really contain more tungsten-182 – 27 parts per million more than in the bowels of the earth.

This indicates that the moon actually born during a collision with Earth embryo Teyey ejected matter which thoroughly mixed, judging by the lack of differences in the shares of other isotopes, reports ria.ru.

This fact, according to Walker, suggests that his research team, together with their German colleagues, managed to find the first real proof of the existence Teyi and simultaneously explain why Moon and Earth “stuff is made” out of the same material.