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Why do we have only 1 moon ?

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This in fact is probably the origins of the two moons around Mars: they were two small protoplanets that the gravity of Mars pulled in its orbit. As for our Moon, the story is believed to be different. It is assumed that the Moon formed from the collision of a large planetesimal with the Earth. ❤️
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