This similarity in density has long prompted speculation that the Moon split away from a rapidly rotating Earth, but this idea founders on two observations.

长期以来，这种密度上的相似性促使人们猜测月球是从快速旋转的地球上分裂出来的，但这种想法创始于两次观测。

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Distance calculations can be split into three groups, depending on how an application chooses to model the Earth.

距离计算可以划分成3个组，这取决于应用程序选择以什么方式对地球进行建模。

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Zhang Guiqing, 59, was working on the farm when the earth shook and the field split under his feet on May 12.

5月12日，北川县曲山镇59岁的张贵清正在干农活，突然地动山摇，田地裂开了口子。

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When this happens, one plate moves past the other, suddenly causing the Earth's surface to split.

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They said hot melted material flows up from deep inside the Earth through the split.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

They look as if they formed as the earth split apart.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

And conservative America, once solidly sceptical, is now split over the issue, as Christians concerned about mankind's stewardship of the Earth, neo-cons keen to reduce America's dependency on the Middle East and farmers who see alternative energy as a new potential source of energy come round to the idea of cutting down on carbon.

ECONOMIST: Climate change