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Match each hypothesis with how the moon formed the statement that best describes it?​

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the Moon and Earth formed at the same time from the same cloud of material. 4. Colliding planetesimal Hypothesis: As per this theory a lot of small rocky objects called as planetesimals collided and combined over a large period of time to form the Moon

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Giant Impact Theory: The Moon was formed from the collision between Earth and another Mars sized body

Colliding planetesimal Hypothesis: The Moon was formed from collisions and combining of planetesimals

Capture Hypothesis: The Moon was locked into orbit by Earth's gravity as it was passing by it

Accretion Hypothesis: The Moon was formed from the same cloud of material as Earth

(I apologize if this is not what you meant)

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