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The Collisional Ejection Theory
This theory holds that the Moon formed from debris ejected from the Earth when a large object (possibly as large as Mars) crashed into the Earth.
-Impact - A large planetesimal hits Earth, ejecting material which forms the Moon.
-The moon has exactly the same oxygen isotope composition as the Earth.
-the stable isotope ratios of lunar and terrestrial rock are identical, implying a common origin.