Vertical angular momentum constraint on lunar formation and orbital history
© 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. The Moon likely formed in a giant impact that left behind a fastrotating Earth, but the details are still uncertain. Here, we examine the implications of a constraint that has not been fully exploited: The component of the Earth-Moon system&#...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133946 |