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Alexandr A.Shpilman (alexandrshpilman78@gmail.com )

 

 

History of the Moon

 

To what maximum temperature can heat up freely falling stone when hitting the surface of the Moon?

Obviously, it will be to identify potential energy stone in the gravitational attraction of the Moon:

 

U = g*M*m/R

 

Where

g - the gravitational constant,

M - the mass of the Moon,

R - radius of the Moon,

m - mass of stone.

 

If the heat capacity of the stone material C ~ 700 J / kg * deg, the maximum possible temperature of the fallen stone:

 

T = g*M/(R*C) ~ 4000 degrees Celsius.

 

If we consider that the impact energy goes on heating of the ground surface Moon, we can put something that survive from the stone may heat up to 2000 degrees Celsius or more. This melting temperature aluminosilicates.

So we can assume the following:

Once upon a time the Earth was surrounded by stone-dust rings like Saturn. Gradually, gravitational attraction is the beginning pieces of pull rings in friable clumps, which attracted coalesced into a larger lump. When the gravitational potential of the lump became sufficient for sintering and then melted colliding fragments of rings, thick crust began to form on the surface of the clot.

As a result, when seismic shocks Moon is rings like a stone sphere with a loose contents. A gravimetry shows a plurality of individual solid "lumps" in its interior.

 

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