{"id":146209,"date":"2021-01-03T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/supercomputer-simulation-re-enacts-the-birth-of-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2021-01-03T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:00:07","slug":"supercomputer-simulation-re-enacts-the-birth-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/supercomputer-simulation-re-enacts-the-birth-of-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"#Supercomputer simulation re-enacts the birth of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fccee7e3c0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fccee7e3c0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/supercomputer-simulation-re-enacts-the-birth-of-the-moon\/#Spinning_the_story_a_bit%E2%80%A6\" >Spinning the story a bit\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Supercomputer simulation re-enacts the birth of the Moon<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"hw hx hy hz ia ib cy cz paragraph-image\">\n<div class=\"ic id er ie aj if\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"cy cz hv\">\n<div class=\"il s er im\">\n<p><span class=\"s ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf er\">T<\/span>he formation of the Moon billions of years ago is cloaked in mystery. Most astronomers believe the young Earth, still cooling off from its formation, was struck by a mars-sized body called Theia, roughly 4.5 billion years ago.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"4157\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">As the proto-Moon orbited Earth, it cooled, and gathered debris from the surrounding region of space. At the time, the Moon was much closer to Earth than it is today. Over billions of years, gravitational forces between the Earth and the Moon resulted in our planetary companion moving further away from our home world.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"2fa6\" class=\"jg jh do cf ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spinning_the_story_a_bit%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>Spinning the story a bit\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"c161\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy ke ha hb hc kf he hf hg kg hi hj hk kh hm hn ho ki hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Researchers at Durham University developed supercomputer simulations, showing how this<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cl kj\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-cosmic-companion\/metals-suggest-new-origin-story-of-the-moon-6eca2c68bad7?source=friends_link&amp;sk=ca4bdd4fa4fbba5b5f26db05287fc3c8\">ancient collision<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>may have unfolded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"hw hx hy hz ia ib kl km gd kn ix ko kp kq ba kr ks kt ku kv kw paragraph-image\">\n<div class=\"ic id er ie aj if\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"cy cz kk\">\n<div class=\"il s er im\">\n<div class=\"kx io s\">\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vn vo t u v ii aj c lazy\" alt=\"Image for post\" width=\"734\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/max\/2880\/1*is8VrVtyKEF4Ip9shwdNfA.jpeg\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/syndication\/2021\/01\/03\/supercomputer-simulation-re-enacts-the-birth-of-the-moon\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fsyndication%2F2021%2F01%2F03%2Fsupercomputer-simulation-re-enacts-the-birth-of-the-moon%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: A screenshot of one of the simulations demonstrating how the Moon would have formed from an impact between a young Earth and Theia, a body the size of Mars. Image credit: Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla\" data-title=\"Share A screenshot of one of the simulations demonstrating how the Moon would have formed from an impact between a young Earth and Theia, a body the size of Mars. Image credit: Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share A screenshot of one of the simulations demonstrating how the Moon would have formed from an impact between a young Earth and Theia, a body the size of Mars. Image credit: Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>A screenshot of one of the simulations demonstrating how the Moon would have formed from an impact between a young Earth and Theia, a body the size of Mars. Image credit: Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0210\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The velocity of Theia and the angle of impact affected the collision, as did the rotational rate of the body. The team of investigators examined a wide range of possible conditions, ranging from no spin to a quick rotation, and from glancing blows to more direct impacts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0430\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Interestingly, when simulations tested the effect of a non-spinning version of Theia, the impact resulted in a satellite with roughly 80 percent of the mass of the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cl kj\" href=\"https:\/\/thecosmiccompanion.net\/water-on-the-moon-isnt-just-hiding-in-the-shadows\/\">Moon<\/a>. Adding just a small amount of spin resulted in a second Moon in orbit around Earth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7f5e\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Some of the impacts studied resulted in merging of the early Earth and Theia, while others showed just a glancing blow between the bodies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"639f\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201cAmong the resulting debris disc in some impacts, we find a self-gravitating clump of material. It is roughly the mass of the Moon, contains [about one percent] iron like the Moon\u2026 The clump contains mainly impactor material near its core but becomes increasingly enriched in proto-Earth material near its surface,\u201d researchers describe in an article describing the study, published in<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cl kj\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/mnras\/article\/500\/3\/2861\/6007797\"><em class=\"hu\">Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"hw hx hy hz ia ib\"><figcaption class=\"is it da cy cz iu iv cf b fd ch gg\">In the video above, take a look at simulations showing details of an ancient impact between early Earth and a Mar-sized impactor, called Theia, forming the Moon.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"96c0\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">As the young proto-Moon settled into orbit around the Earth, the young body likely grew by collecting debris from the space around our homeworld. This body was seen developing a small iron core, surrounded by material from both Theia and the early Earth, similar to what we see on the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cl kj\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-cosmic-companion\/the-moon-had-a-really-rough-day-da2c16b8900b?source=friends_link&amp;sk=3c5a96073b99b792ad1fe99f38b7cdf0\">Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"c16b\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s exciting that some of our simulations produced this orbiting clump of material that is relatively not much smaller than the Moon, with a disc of additional material around the post-impact Earth that would help the clump grow in mass over time\u2026 I wouldn\u2019t say that this is the Moon, but it\u2019s certainly a very interesting place to continue looking,\u201d Dr.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cl kj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2020-12\/du-ssc120320.php\">Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>in the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University, said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"804e\" class=\"gv gw do gx b gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs dg el\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Researchers will continue refining models, examining how mass, velocity, spin, and other factors could affect the impact that formed the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cl kj\" href=\"https:\/\/thecosmiccompanion.net\/bacteria-mining-the-moon-and-mars\/\">Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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