Did We Just Witness a Real-Life Moon Birth?
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Top Comments (10)
When an astronomer says 'it's far", it's very very far. When an astronomer says "it's large", it's mind-bogglingly large. When an astronomer says "it's bonkers"...
This is very exciting. We can't be sure that any of these collisions will result in large moons orbiting Earth-like planets, but it surely means that Earth-Moon-like combinations are more common in the universe than we previously thought. In a young star system, any growing trojan that reaches 10% of the mass of its main planet will have its orbit destabilized, and simulations I've done on the public-facing solar system simulator on the University of Colorado website seem to indicate that a collision between the two is a not-uncommon result. Furthermore, the simulated collisions are often close to the 45 degree angle that we think happened with the Earth-Theia collision, and which seems to be one of the conditions for a moon to be created rather than both planets being destroyed. I can't wait for more news on Gaia20ehk, thanks!
The moon may make complex life possible, but bacteria probably wouldn’t notice too much if it wasn’t there.
11,600 light‑years away! So now we just have to wait 3.5 billion years to see i life develops.
Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. ☺
this would have been awesome to see with my own eyes.
This is amazing and so exciting discovery. Thank you wonderful Anton for bringing it to us on your channel!!
Hello Awesome Anton!!!
It always amazes me how much we can learn from one pixel.
Major cool! I wish I could be cryogenically frozen until the time when we have the technology to actually see the collision.
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Top Comments (10)
When an astronomer says 'it's far", it's very very far. When an astronomer says "it's large", it's mind-bogglingly large. When an astronomer says "it's bonkers"...
This is very exciting. We can't be sure that any of these collisions will result in large moons orbiting Earth-like planets, but it surely means that Earth-Moon-like combinations are more common in the universe than we previously thought. In a young star system, any growing trojan that reaches 10% of the mass of its main planet will have its orbit destabilized, and simulations I've done on the public-facing solar system simulator on the University of Colorado website seem to indicate that a collision between the two is a not-uncommon result. Furthermore, the simulated collisions are often close to the 45 degree angle that we think happened with the Earth-Theia collision, and which seems to be one of the conditions for a moon to be created rather than both planets being destroyed. I can't wait for more news on Gaia20ehk, thanks!
The moon may make complex life possible, but bacteria probably wouldn’t notice too much if it wasn’t there.
11,600 light‑years away! So now we just have to wait 3.5 billion years to see i life develops.
Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. ☺
this would have been awesome to see with my own eyes.
This is amazing and so exciting discovery. Thank you wonderful Anton for bringing it to us on your channel!!
Hello Awesome Anton!!!
It always amazes me how much we can learn from one pixel.
Major cool! I wish I could be cryogenically frozen until the time when we have the technology to actually see the collision.