Theia (planet)

Theia is a planet that is thought to have hit the Earth 4.5 billion years ago. The debris from the impact formed the Moon . ^[1] It is also thought that Earth's water came from Theia. ^[2]

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↑ Wolpert, Stuart (January 12, 2017). "UCLA Study Shows the Moon is Older Than Previously Thought" . scitechdaily.com . UCLA . Retrieved 23 March 2022 .
↑ Budde, Gerrit; Burkhardt, Christoph; Kleine, Thorsten (2019-05-20). "Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the late accretion of outer Solar System material to Earth". Nature Astronomy . 3 (8): 736?741. Bibcode : 2019NatAs...3..736B . doi : 10.1038/s41550-019-0779-y . ISSN 2397-3366 . S2CID 181460133 .

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[agerefinement-1] Wolpert, Stuart (January 12, 2017). "UCLA Study Shows the Moon is Older Than Previously Thought" . scitechdaily.com . UCLA . Retrieved 23 March 2022 .

[2] Budde, Gerrit; Burkhardt, Christoph; Kleine, Thorsten (2019-05-20). "Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the late accretion of outer Solar System material to Earth". Nature Astronomy . 3 (8): 736?741. Bibcode : 2019NatAs...3..736B . doi : 10.1038/s41550-019-0779-y . ISSN 2397-3366 . S2CID 181460133 .

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