The story for kids
When the Earth was still very young, a planet called Theia bumped into it. Pieces flew off and started going around the Earth. Then they stuck together and became our Moon.
Facts
- A planet called Theia, the size of Mars, crashed into the young Earth.
- The pieces circled around Earth and stuck together to become the Moon.
- Back then the Moon was much closer to Earth than it is now.
Numbers
- When
- ~4.5 billion years ago