giant impact hypothesis

theory that the Moon formed out of the debris left over from a collision between Earth and an astronomical body the size of Mars, approximately 4.5 billion years ago
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giant impact hypothesis

Summary

giant impact hypothesis is a scientific hypothesis[1]. It draws 892 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_hypothesis category, ranking #8 of 69).[2]

Key Facts

  • giant impact hypothesis's field of work was origin of the Moon[3].
  • giant impact hypothesis's image is recorded as Giant impact.jpg[4].
  • giant impact hypothesis's image is recorded as Artist's concept of collision at HD 172555.jpg[5].
  • giant impact hypothesis's instance of is recorded as scientific hypothesis[6].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Commons category is recorded as Big Splash[7].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dh9p[8].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Commons gallery is recorded as Big Splash[9].
  • giant impact hypothesis's facet of is recorded as Moon[10].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/giant-impact-hypothesis[11].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Quora topic ID is recorded as Giant-Impact-Hypothesis[12].
  • giant impact hypothesis's schematic is recorded as Moon - Giant Impact Hypothesis - Simple model.png[13].
  • giant impact hypothesis's schematic is recorded as BigSplashEnglish.svg[14].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 154802760[15].
  • giant impact hypothesis's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 46400[16].
  • giant impact hypothesis's WikiKids ID is recorded as Grote-inslaghypothese[17].

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Designation and Status

giant impact hypothesis's instance of is recorded as scientific hypothesis[6].

Why It Matters

giant impact hypothesis draws 892 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_hypothesis category, ranking #8 of 69).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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