RAMBLE ON by Ken Herrera Our nearest celestial neighbor, the moon, formed approximately 95 million years after the formation of our solar system which is itself roughly 4.6 billion years old. How did it form?
There are various theories about its formation. Scientists have suggested that a chunk of the Earth was blown away due to an impact with a smaller object about 10% the mass of our primitive molten planet. This is known as the large impact theory. While this theory is most widely accepted in the scientific community, others say that the moon was captured or even that Earth stole the moon from the planet Venus. Even scientists can’t agree! What they can agree on is that the moon is a rocky formation just like Earth. On average, the distance from the Earth to the moon is 238,855 miles. At its Perigee (closest approach to Earth) 225,700 miles and at its Apogee (farthest distance from Earth 252,000 miles from Earth. With that being said, many people believe in some conspiracies pertaining to our moon. One conspiracy is that the 1st manned lunar landing in July 1969 along with the other Apollo missions were faked. Conspiracy theorists believe that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin acted out their mission on a secret film set. Did they? You can decide for yourself. Currently, the Artemis program is a moon exploration program intended to reestablish a human presence on the moon since the end of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Time will tell if humankind makes it to the next settlement- a permanent lunar base on the moon and next possibly, an excursion to Mars! Let’s go!! |
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