Post by thesingersoftheearth on Feb 17, 2022 15:50:19 GMT
The History of the Moon (our Moon)
I just learned the other day that the Moon once crashed into Earth (I'm 32, The US Education system is terrible). We know this because when scientists examined the Moon rocks, they had commonalities with Earth.
It is thought that 4.5 billion years ago, the Moon (a young planet called Theia) crashed into Earth.
Generally, Earth gets a bad rep and, a lot of people here really hate it... But it could be much worse here... Earth was most likely a lifeless rock before this event and, probably would have remained so without this event.
It's genuinely believed that this event is perhaps the most important event of the planet earth in regards to its ability to form life. The Earth as we know it gained a significant part of the Earth's crust and mantle from this planet and, it made the core more dense which created the magnetic field that protects us from solar radiation (this is all grossly simplified!). It is also thought that we stole all the water that is currently on Earth from this event (basically Theia gave us water by crashing into us).
The Planet Theia crashing into Planet Earth 4.5 bn years ago (whereupon it shattered into a million pieces and eventually formed the Moon)
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Relevance to ASOIAF
GRRM has stated in the past that Planetos is Earth... just not the Earth that we know today. You can take that to mean different things but ultimately, if we trust George here and Planetos is Earth, than this event happened. We know it happened because the Moon exists in ASOIAF.
No idea what this means for the story/characters in ASOIAF. I just strongly belief that this is an event that took place in the planet where ASOIAF takes place.
I just learned the other day that the Moon once crashed into Earth (I'm 32, The US Education system is terrible). We know this because when scientists examined the Moon rocks, they had commonalities with Earth.
It is thought that 4.5 billion years ago, the Moon (a young planet called Theia) crashed into Earth.
Generally, Earth gets a bad rep and, a lot of people here really hate it... But it could be much worse here... Earth was most likely a lifeless rock before this event and, probably would have remained so without this event.
It's genuinely believed that this event is perhaps the most important event of the planet earth in regards to its ability to form life. The Earth as we know it gained a significant part of the Earth's crust and mantle from this planet and, it made the core more dense which created the magnetic field that protects us from solar radiation (this is all grossly simplified!). It is also thought that we stole all the water that is currently on Earth from this event (basically Theia gave us water by crashing into us).
The Planet Theia crashing into Planet Earth 4.5 bn years ago (whereupon it shattered into a million pieces and eventually formed the Moon)
Relevance to ASOIAF
GRRM has stated in the past that Planetos is Earth... just not the Earth that we know today. You can take that to mean different things but ultimately, if we trust George here and Planetos is Earth, than this event happened. We know it happened because the Moon exists in ASOIAF.
No idea what this means for the story/characters in ASOIAF. I just strongly belief that this is an event that took place in the planet where ASOIAF takes place.
