Earth

The Moon's Formation

  • Theia

    Theia

    Nobody knows when this happened, but lets say it started happening on Jan. 2nd. 2000. The Solar System was in its first stages. Earth had a planet named Theia and it was about hte size of Mars. But that was all about to change.
  • Theia vs. Earth

    Theia vs. Earth

    Let's say it took a month for Theia to crash into Earth. The crash ejected a ring of dust into space.
  • The Moon

    The Moon

    It took nearly a week for all the dust to form the moon.
  • Today

    Today

    After thousands of years, the Earth and The Moon formed into what they are today. And that's how the moon was formed.

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