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How was the Moon formed?
Simple! AumSum built it brick by brick!
Oh AumSum!
According to the Giant Impact Theory, Theia, a Mars-sized body collided with Earth. This collision threw chunks of Theia as well as chunks of Earth's crust into space.
Now gravity bound these ejected chunks and led to the formation of our Moon.
According to the Co-formation Theory, two similar sized bodies collided twice, forming an early Earth surrounded by a disk of material that then combined to form the Moon.
According to the Capture Theory, the Moon was already formed, it was just snapped by the Earth's gravity while it was passing by.