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An artist's conception shows 2003 EL61, the third largest object in the far-flung region of the solar system known as the Kuiper belt, and two tiny moons. Astronomers say 2003 EL61 is the remnant of a violent collision that resembled the one that created Earth's moon. [Image by NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)]

Far-Flung Space Crash May Help Solve Mystery of Moon's Formation

1 posted on 06/16/2007 9:45:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Dwarf Santa yields giant insight into Kuiper Belt
AFP on Yahoo | 3/14/07 | AFP
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When the Days Were Shorter
Alaska Science Forum (Article #742) ^ | November 11, 1985 | Larry Gedney
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In the shadow of the Moon
New Scientist ^ | 30 January 1999 | editors
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A Celestial Collision
Alaska Science Forum | February 10, 1983 | Larry Gedney
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It Came from Outer Space?
American Scientist ^ | November-December 2004 | David Schneider
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Giordano Bruno, the June 1975 Meteoroid Storm,
Encke, and Other Taurid Complex Objects
Icarus (Volume 104, Issue 2 , pp 280-290) | August 1993 | Jack B. Hartung
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Revising Earth’s Early History
Carnegie Institution | 2005-12-30 | NA
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The discovery of 2003 UB313 Eris,  the 10th planet largest known dwarf planet
Mike Brown
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/index.html


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Giant Kuiper Belt planetoid Sedna may have formed far beyond Pluto
Physics Org (http://www.physorg.com/) | January 24, 2005 | Southwest Research Institute
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Distant Sedna Raises Possibility of Another Earth-Sized Planet in Our Solar System
Space.com | 3/16/04 | Robert Roy Britt
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