Which sentence from Captured by Earth BEST supports the idea that the impact theory is flawed?
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Much of the general public currently believes that the Moon formed as a result of a very large body colliding with Earth.
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The impact theory states that there was an extremely large collision between Earth and another body the size of Mars.
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Four billion-year-old minerals in Australia suggest that the planet was too cool at the time to have had such a huge impact.
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According to the capture theory, Earth's gravitational force "captured" the Moon as it passed close to our planet, locking it into our orbit.
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C. Four billion-year-old minerals in Australia suggest that the planet was too cool at the time to have had such a huge impact.
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