Submitted by CopperGenie t3_zv61wc in askscience
superbob201 t1_j1p44qw wrote
Still the generally accepted answer. One fairly recent modification is that it looks like Theia hit Earth twice. Still not a perfect theory: some isotope ratio studies don't quite match the model, and our computer models of the collision suggest Theia was going slower than we would reasonably expect (Which itself could mean that Theia started life as an Earth-Trojan
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