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[2] - Kleine, T., Palme, H., Mezger, K., Halliday, A. N. 2005. Hf-W Chronometry of Lunar Metals and the age and early differentiation of the moon. Science 310, pp. 1671 – 1674.
[3] - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110303.html
[4] - Chenet, H., Logonné, P., Wieczorek, M., Mizutani, H. 2006. Lateral variations of lunar crustal thickness from the Apollo seismic data set. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 243, pp. 1-14.
[5] - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/news/juno20110830.html#.Ux9UHfl_vdl
[6] - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/mro20080303earth.html
[7] - https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Earth&Display=Facts
[8] - https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Facts
[9] - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphere.html#.Ux4J8vl_vdk
[10] Hartmann, W. K., Davis, D. R. 1975. Satellite-sized planets and lunar origin. Icarus 24, pp. 504–515.
[11] - Greenberg, R., Wacker, J. F., Hartmann, W. K., Chapman, C. R. 1978. Planetisimals to Planets: Numerical Simulation of Collisional Evolution. Icarus 35, pp. 1-26.
[12] - Wood, J. A. 1986. Moon over Mauna Loa - A review of hypotheses of formation of Earth's Moon. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 17-55. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[13] - Galimov, E. M., Krivtsov, A. M. 2005. Origin of the Earth - Moon System. Journal of Earth System Science 114, pp. 593-600.
[14] - Hartmann, W. K. 1986. Moon origin - The Impact-Trigger Hypothesis. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 579-608. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[15] - Mason, B. 1958. Principles of Geochemistry, pp. 329. Wiley, New York.
[16] Taylor, S. R. Planetary Science: A Lunar Perspective, pp. 481. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.
[17] - http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/march-2013/spin
[18] - MacDonald, G. J. F. 1963. The Internal Constitutions of the Inner Planets and the Moon. Space Science Reviews 2, pp. 473-557.
[19] - Clayton, R. N., Grossman, L., Mayeda, T. 1973. A component of primitive nuclear composition in carbonaceous meteorites. Science 182, pp. 485-488.
[20] - Clayton , R. N. 1981. Isotopic variation in primitive meteorites. Physical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A303, pp. 339-349.
[21] - Ringwood, A. E., 1979. Origin of the Earth and Moon pp. 295. Springer-Verlag, New York.
[22] - http://regmedia.co.uk/2012/10/18/planetary_collision.jpg
[23] - Wood, J. A. 1986. Moon over Mauna Loa - A review of hypotheses of formation of Earth's Moon. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 17-55. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[24] - Ruskol, E. L. 1972. The origin of the Moon. III. Some aspects of the dynamics of the circumterrestrial swarm. Soviet Astronomy-AJ 15, pp. 646-654.
[25] - Weidenschilling, S. J., Greenberg, R., Chapman, C. R., Davis, D. R., Hartmann, W. K. 1986. Origin of the Moon from a circumterrestrial disk. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 731-762. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[26] - http://ase.tufts.edu/cosmos/pictures/Explore_figs_8/Chapter5/Fig5_31copy.jpg
[27] - Wood, J. A. 1986. Moon over Mauna Loa - A review of hypotheses of formation of Earth's Moon. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 17-55. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[28] - Ringwood, A. E. 1960. Some aspects of the thermal evolution of the Earth. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 20, pp. 241-259.
[29] - Wise, D. U. 1963. An origin of the Moon by rotational fission during formation of the Earth's core. Journal of Geophysical Research 68, pp. 1547 - 1554.
[30] - Durisen, R. H., Scott, E. H. 1984. implications of recent numerical calculations for the fission theory of the origin of the Moon. Icarus 58, pp. 153-158.
[31] - Binder, A. B. 1986. The Binary Fission Origin of the Moon. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 499-516. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[32] - O'Keefe, J. A., Sullivan, E. C. 1978. Fission origin of the moon: cause and timing. Icarus 35, pp. 272-283
[33] - Wise, D. U. 1969. Origin of the Moon from the Earth: Some new mechanisms and comparisons. Journal of Geophysical Research 74, pp. 6034 - 6045.
[34] - O'Keefe, J. A. 1972. The origin of the Moon: theories involving joint formation with the Earth. Astrophysical Space Science 16, pp. 201-211.
[35] - http://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/Notes/section4/moonform.gif
[36] - Drake, M. J. 1983. Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Moon. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 47, pp. 1759-1767
[37] - Wood, J. A. 1986. Moon over Mauna Loa - A review of hypotheses of formation of Earth's Moon. Origin of the Moon; Proceedings of the Conference, Kona, HI, October 13-16, 1984, pp. 17-55. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
[38] - Horedt, G. 1976. Pre-captture orbits of the Moon. Moon and Planets 15, pp. 439-443.
[39] - MacDonald, G. J. F. 1966. Origin of the Moon: dynamical considerations. The Earth-Moon System (B. G. Marsden and A. G. W. Cameron eds.) pp. 165-209. Plenum, New York.
[40] - Opik, E. J. 1972. Comments on lunar origin. Irish Astronomy Journal 10, pp. 190-238.
[41] - Wood, J. A., Mitler, H. E. 1974. Origin of the Moon by a modified capture mechanism. Lunar Science V, pp. 851-853. The Lunar Science Institute, Houston.
[42] - Mizuno, H. Boss, A. P. 1985. Tidal disruption of dissipative planetisimals. Icarus 63, pp. 109-133.
[43] Heppenheimer, T. A. Porco, C. 1977. New contributions to the theory of capture. Icarus 30, pp. 385-401.