It is thought to have originated in the 1940s with Reginald Aldworth Daly, a Canadian professor at Harvard.
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The colliding body has sometimes been referred to as Theia, the mother of Selene, the Moon goddess in Greek mythology.
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Computer simulations show a need for a glancing blow, which causes a portion of the collider to form a long arm of material that then shears off.
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