Season 3, Episode 4: Why Do We Have a Moon? With Robin Canup
Learn about how the Moon formed in this conversation with Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute. Jim Green:One of the fantastic things about the Earth is that it has the Moon. The Moon is so important to us. Why do we even have a Moon? Let’s find out how we got it. I’m Jim Green, NASA’s chief scientist, and we’re here on “Gravity Assist” to talk about the Moon. I’m here with Dr. Robin Canup, one of the top solar system dynamicists. And what a dynamicist does is really study the motion of things, how they collide, and…