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Venus May Have Swallowed Its Moon, Study Suggests

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A California-based astrophysicist presented a new theory on Sept. 14 to explain why Venus, the planet most like Earth in size, mass and structure, lacks its own moon.

  • Venus may have consumed its moon due to slow rotation.
  • Study by Stephen Krane suggests moon would spiral and be swallowed.
  • Event likely occurred within first billion years of Venus existence.

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