Multiple Choice
What is the giant impact hypothesis for the origin of the Moon?
A) The Moon formed when two gigantic asteroids collided with one another.
B) The Moon formed just like the Earth, from accretion in the solar nebula.
C) The Moon originally was about the same size as Earth, but a giant impact blasted most of it away so that it ended up much smaller than Earth.
D) The Moon formed from material blasted out of the Earth's mantle and crust by the impact of a Mars- size object.
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