Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest moon in the solar system. The leading scientific hypothesis holds that it formed from debris ejected when a Mars-sized body, sometimes called Theia, struck the early Earth roughly 4.5 billion years ago.
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Diameter (km) Orbital Distanceabout 384,400 km from Earth on average 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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