Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation

By R. Canup, E. Asphaug. Nature, 2001

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Iron isotope fractionation during planetary differentiation (2005, background): “Of the planetary bodies from which samples are available, the accretion history of the Moon is of particular interest because it is thought to have formed as the result of a giant impact of a Mars size planet onto the proto Earth [13–17].”
Planet formation by coagulation: A focus on Uranus and Neptune (2004, background): “Indeed, the Moon is thought to have formed when Earth accreted a body not much smaller than itself (Canup & Asphaug 2001).”
Water in the Moon's interior: Truth and consequences (2015, background): “Overview The Moon is widely viewed as having originated from a giant impact of some kind (Cameron and Benz, 1991; Canup and Asphaug, 2001), and with recent studies that have relaxed the constraint of conserved angular momentum in the Earth–Moon system, there now exists a large parameter space within”
Accretion Efficiency during Planetary Collisions (2004, positive): “5–0.9M 0.1–0.3M with (see, e.g., Benz et al. 1989; Cameronv p 1.0v –1.2vimp esc esc 2001; Canup & Asphaug 2001; Canup 2004).”
The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia (2018, methodology): “Numerical simulations of giant impacts predict that the canonical lunar disk is derived primarily from the impactor (Canup and Asphaug, 2001; Canup, 2004, 2008a).”
Simulations of a late lunar-forming impact (2004, methodology): “Order-of-magnitude improvements in resolution are now possible (Cameron, 2000, 2001; Canup and Asphaug, 2001), and 10 4 –10 5 particle simulations allow for a more detailed description of the ejected material.”
Collisional processes in extrasolar planetesimal discs – dust clumps in Fomalhaut's debris disc (2002, background): “The only studies that can throw light on the outcome of such collisions are the SPH simulations of the formation of the Moon (e.g., Cameron 1997; Canup & Asphaug 2001) and of the asteroid families (Michel et al. 2001).”
Building the terrestrial planets: Constrained accretion in the inner Solar System (2009, background): “, 2007)(1) This event is thought to be the Moon-forming impact (Benz et al., 1986; Canup and Asphaug, 2001).”
The Non-carbonaceous–Carbonaceous Meteorite Dichotomy (2020, background): “The last 10–20% of Earth’s accretion are dominated by the Moon-forming impactor, which is the last large body thought to collide with Earth (Canup and Asphaug 2001), and the late veneer, the material added to Earth’s mantle after the giant impact and cessation of core formation (e.g., Walker et al.…”
A Perspective from Extinct Radionuclides on a Young Stellar Object: The Sun and Its Accretion Disk (2011, background): “The current paradigm of Moon formation is that it was produced by a giant impact between a Mars-sized embryo (Theia) and the proto-Earth (Canup & Asphaug 2001).”
The great dichotomy of the Solar System: Small terrestrial embryos and massive giant planet cores (2015, background): “If the initial mass of the embryos is this small, bringing the inner embryo to Mars-mass requires no reduction in τ inside of the snowline.”