When to Use Moon Formation Giant Impact 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
Open the Moon Formation Giant Impact 3D Explorer when you need to teach or review where the Moon came from - without running an N-body or SPH impact solver.
A five-minute classroom demo
A five-minute classroom demo starts when you open the explorer at stage 0, click Theia and Earth for their facts, then drag the stage slider through all five stages so students watch the debris disk collapse into the Moon.
Separating settled science from open questions
Separating settled science from open questions gets easier when you compare the impact-timing and impact-angle figures - well agreed on - against the accretion-timescale figures at stage 3, which are still actively debated in the research literature.
Sessions Moon Formation Giant Impact 3D Explorer does not fit
Sessions this page does not fit are precise N-body orbital mechanics, lunar mare geology, or day-to-day Moon phases. Use Moon Phases 3D Explorer for the monthly light cycle, or Earth-Moon Barycenter 3D Explorer for the orbital wobble. Walk the controls in the Moon Formation Giant Impact 3D Explorer step-by-step guide.
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