r/interestingasfuck • u/howimetyourcakeshop • 10h ago

Our moon being formed.

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u/destructopop 8h ago

I love this simulation. I makes me deeply uncomfortable in a weird way. Not because of a future concern, but the memory that our planet was once jiggly molten chaos after a collision with a similarly sized body. I studied astrophysics... I rationally know this. But seeing it makes my tummy feel bad. Love it.

It's kinda like the visualisation of what would happen to a small object (like a human) passing through the atmosphere of Jupiter towards the core... The compression as you pass through thicker and thicker layers of matter and closer to the center of gravity. I picture it more often than most, because it makes me feel icky and I'm grim I guess.

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u/snarkisms 2h ago

Technically we are still very highly molten chaos with a crusty exterior. Like a creme brulee.