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capture hypothesis

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 1125705 Last modified 26.11.2024
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Domain astronomy
  • teaduslik hüpotees, mille kohaselt Kuu tekkis kuskil mujal Päikesesüsteemis ja haarati Maale lähenemisel selle gravitatsioonivälja
  • theory which proposes that the Moon was formed somewhere else in the solar system, and was later captured by the gravitational field of the Earth
haaramishüpotees
Usage examples
  • Apollo-lendude alguseks oli teadlastel kolm peamist hüpoteesi. Haaramis- ehk abikaasahüpoteesi järgi haaras Maa enda ümber tiirlema juba „valmis“ Kuu, mis lendas temast liiga lähedalt mööda.
capture hypothesis
Usage examples
  • The discovery of retrograde satellites gave credibility to the capture hypothesis in which the Moon was formed independently, elsewhere in the solar system, and at some time in the remote past it came close enough to Earth to be captured by it.

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