[Urdu] How Did Our Moon Form?
We are quite familiar with the Moon in everyday life. But its formation has been shrouded in mystery. It now seems that our Moon is the result of a collision between Earth and a Mars sized object nicknamed Theia. How do we know this? What are some of the other theories of the formation of our Moon? Please join astrophysicist Salman Hameed in exploring our Moon's origins in this episode of Kainaati Gup Shup.
Salman Hameed is Charles Taylor Chair and associate professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. He is also a faculty member at the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD), and is the Founder/President of non-profit, Kainaat Studios (https://www.kainaatstudios.com/).
Credits:
Music: Umer Piracha
Simulation of Theia's collision with Earth:
Excerpt from Birth of Planet Earth. Credit: Robin Canup, Southwest Research Institute.
Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, U. of Illinois.
http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/vis/cadens/documentary/birth_of_planet_earth https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_f9bmmfsu
Illustrations:
Before the Impact: Used with permission from Ron Miller/Black Cat Studios
Collision of Theia with Earth: Used with permission from Ron Miller/Black Cat Studios
Primordial Earth: Royalty Free, Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library
All other images, courtesy of NASA.
Host, writer, editor: Salman Hameed
Camera, lighting, producer: John Bruner, Hampshire College, MA
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