Was the Moon created from a 'Donut Earth'?

Was the Moon created from a 'Donut Earth'? How the Moon was created is a longstanding puzzle. Astronomers believe the Moon formed in a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized protoplanet named Theia. But this model has several problems. New models show the Moon was formed in a synestia - a donut-shaped cloud of molten rock vapor after the proto-Earth was blasted apart in a giant impact.

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🧭 References:
Lock, Stewart 2017 - The structure of terrestrial bodies: Impact heating, corotation limits and synestias
https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.07858

R. Canup 2012 - Forming a Moon with an Earth-like composition via a Giant Impact
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Sarah Stewart
https://sarahtstewart.net/origin-eart...

Simon Lock
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