Question

According to the _______ hypothesis, the moon formed far away from the earth and was later captured by the earth's gravity.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is -

1. capture

2. the giant impact hypothesis

3. electromagnetic spectrum

4. cold

5. 14

Explanation:

Capture hypothesis is presented by the Urey and was dominant up to the 60s which states that the Moon was an asteroid-like wandering structure that formed somewhere far in the solar system and was captured by Earth's gravity while it was wandering.

The most dominant and popular theory for the origin of the moon is the giant impact hypothesis says that it is formed from the debris left after the collision of the earth and Theia a Mars-sized body.

Telescopes are tools engineered for collecting light from any part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Scientists estimated that the age of the whole universe to be nearly 14 billion years with the help of Hubble's pictures and pictures from the Probe of Wilkinson