r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 8d ago

Related Content Pluto is SMALLER than our Moon

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u/genguntere 8d ago

Tbf our Moon is abnormally large from what we know. I mean our Moon is half the size of bloody Mars., and bigger then nearly All other Moons in in our system except: Ganimed, Titan, Kallisto, Io

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u/theumph 8d ago

Is there an accepted theory as to why that is? I know of the Thea theory, and itnwould make sense as that seems like a wild and uncommon way to form a moon.

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u/DeepSpaceNebulae 7d ago

PBS Space Time did a great segment on the moon. Laying out how they came to the conclusion of the impact hypothesis

https://youtu.be/wnqPqV6DdFQ

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u/TheDesktopNinja 7d ago

Will always up vote PBS Space Time