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The Story Of The Moon... 4.5 billion years ago, not too long after the Earth formed, the moon developed. At the time of the moons formation, their were 8 planets in our solar system. A planet approximately the size of Mars revolved very closely to the Earth. This planet made several close passes towards the Earth, altering it’s orbit. Based off of how close the two planets were when they met in orbit, it was only a matter of time before one was struck by the other. At last, the planet touched the Earth, in what we call ‘a glancing blow.’ As a result of the impact, a ring of debris was blasted into orbit around the Earth. The debris consisted of a mixture of different materials including pieces from the mantle, crust, and impactor. The debris eventually collected together through progressive collision forming larger objects, and eventually forming one large object, which we call the moon. Billions of years later the moon still orbits our Earth today. We, however, are unable to see the impacted location on the Earth by the other planet that formed the moon because of many years of erosion and weathering.