Who proposed the fission model of the origin of the moon?

Q. Who proposed the fission model of the origin of the moon?
Answer: George Darwin
Notes: The Fission model was proposed by George Darwin. According to this theory, Moon is gradually moving away from the Earth, which means, that it was a part of the Earth in the past but flung outward due to the Earth's then faster rotation.

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