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Which of the following statements regarding the moon and Earth is correct?
A)
Earth is tidally locked, while the moon spins on its axis.
B)
Earth and the moon are nearly the same age.
C)
Earth and the moon have nearly the same mass.
D)
The moon is older than Earth by approximately 300 million years.
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Earth and the Moon formed at about the same time (~4.5 billion years ago). The prevailing giant-impact model has the Moon forming shortly after Earth's formation, so their ages are very similar (the Moon may be slightly younger by tens of millions of years).
Earth and the Moon formed at about the same time (~4.5 billion years ago). The prevailing giant-impact model has the Moon forming shortly after Earth's formation, so their ages are very similar (the Moon may be slightly younger by tens of millions of years).
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