The Moon's origin story doesn't add up

Visit https://hensonshaving.com/howtown or use code 'howtown' to receive 100 free blades with the purchase of a razor. (Ensure both products are in the cart for the code to take effect.) Source list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15... To support independent science journalism and get bonus content ... JOIN OUR PATREON:   / howtown   Here are some of the wonderful people on who support this channel through our Patreon Town Council: Bev Fong Sean Barrett Mike Purvis Jon Hewett Albychen Aatish Bhatia avaren Evan Hass Mark Tinker L.A. O’Connor Marcos Huerta Joaquim Salles Sam Gaty Parag Mallick Edgar Sutawika Tim Davey Navneet Pedro ZM Martin Weeks Dimi Bryce Golden-Chen Estelle Caswell Gregory Laborde Yash Murthy martin david Matthew Stvartak Garret Wates Slightly Suspicious Mind Kellyn Lorentzen-Goler omg.science Duncan Stannett Keith England Jocelyn Tabancay Duffy Casey Schatz Mark McCreary Jonathan McCabe Branden Ushjima Esh Tatla Wookiee Henderson Frances Haugen Gilbo Jiménez Roy Lara Kai Tze Melanie Halley Archie Stonehill Ed Martini Jose Zaragoza Jr Jamieson Urquhart Bogdan How do we know where the moon came from? In this episode, Howtown dives into the giant impact hypothesis (the least bad theory of lunar origin) and the growing evidence that the story of Theia may be more complicated than the textbook version. We explore how scientists measure the Moon’s distance, mass, and angular momentum, why Earth’s Moon is so unusually large compared with other moons in the solar system, and how Apollo moon rocks transformed the debate over the origin of the Moon. Along the way, we unpack Robin Canup’s simulations, synestia and multiple-impact, evection resonance, and the “isotope crisis”: why Moon rocks are chemically almost identical to Earth despite models suggesting the Moon should be made mostly from an impactor. From lunar eclipses and amateur astronomy to Apollo samples, South Pole missions, Theia, Artemis, Chang’e, and the search for mantle rocks, this is a deep look at moon formation, planetary science, and how scientists reconstruct what happened more than 4 billion years ago. Chapters: 00:00 intro 01:04 where is the moon 02:43 the moon is weird 04:20 4 hypotheses 06:08 razors for sale 07:29 the moon rocks 09:45 hartmann’s hawaii hypothesis 12:07 an inconvenient simulation 13:14 isotope crisis! 15:20 join patreon!! 15:30 messier solutions 18:20 back to venus 18:38 back to the moon 19:12 anthropic principle 20:27 love, howtown