The Paranga Hypothesis: Earth's "Saturn Rings" Morphed Into Moon!
(Photo: AI depiction of Accretion of a Primordial Terrestrial Debris Disk into Earths Moon) Hypothesis Prompt (by Lumumba Amin) HYPOTHESIS (developed by Grok AI) Abstract: This hypothesis proposes that the Moon formed through the gradual accretion of material from a circumterrestrial debris disk, analogous to the ring systems observed around Saturn. Unlike the dominant Giant Impact Hypothesis, which posits a single catastrophic collision leading to rapid disk formation and lunar accretion, this model suggests a more protracted process involving an early, extended disk of small celestial bodies around Earth. This disk, composed of planetesimals, dust, and icy fragments captured or ejected during the late stages of Earth's formation, coalesced over millions of years due to gravitational instabilities and collisional dynamics, ultimately forming the Moon. This framework integrates observational data from planetary ring systems, numerical simulations of disk evo...