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[1] [2] Collision simulations support the idea that the large low-shear-velocity provinces in the lower mantle may be remnants of Theia. [3] [4] Theia is hypothesized to have been about the size of Mars, and may have formed in the outer Solar System and provided much of Earth's water, though this is debated. [5]
Astronomers think the collision between Earth and Theia happened at about 4.4 to 4.45 billion years ago ; about 0.1 billion years after the Solar System began to form. [15] [16] In astronomical terms, the impact would have been of moderate velocity. Theia is thought to have struck Earth at an oblique angle when Earth was nearly fully formed.
Theia, an ancient planet, collided with Earth to form the moon, scientists believe. A new study suggests Theia could have also formed mysterious blobs called large low-velocity provinces, or LLVPs.
Another proposed origin for the LLSVPs is that their formation is related to the giant-impact hypothesis, which states that the Moon formed after the Earth collided with a planet-sized body called Theia. [15] The hypothesis suggests that the LLSVPs may represent fragments of Theia's mantle which sank through to Earth's core-mantle boundary. [15]
First proposed in 2010 [1] as an eon, it is named after Chaos, the primeval void in Greek mythology. This proposal defines the Chaotian eon as a Solar System-wide time between the initiation of planetary formation and the hypothesised collision of the trojan dwarf planet Theia with the proto-Earth.
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The full cycle from leading to trailing Earth takes 770 years, leading to a horseshoe-shaped movement with respect to Earth. [11] More resonant near-Earth objects (NEOs) have since been discovered. These include 54509 YORP, (85770) 1998 UP 1, 2002 AA 29, (419624) 2010 SO 16, 2009 BD, and 2015 SO 2 which exist in resonant orbits similar to ...