How Did Earth Get It’s Oceans?

Published by Dewan Golam Shafi Choudhury
July 12, 2009, Category: Earth Sciences

Have you ever wondered how the Earth’s oceans formed? Earth is the only planet in our solar system which has the most water! Read to find out where the water came from.

There are some reasons which could solve the true answer to our question. Where did the Earth get its oceans? Could it be from the volcanoes that condensed water droplets into the atmosphere which rained down on Earth for thousands of years? Could it be from thousands of meteorite impacts which carried water from outer space? Let’s read below to find out!

The Earth has more water than any other planet in our solar system! But the question that lurks around everyone’s mind is where did the water come from?

So how did the Earth get its water? First of all, during the formation of the planet Earth, it is possible that little amounts of water had already existed. However, most of the water molecules would have escaped the Earth due to the fact that the gravity was low and the planet was smaller in size.
Afterwards, there was a big boom! An impact which caused large areas of Earth to melt and break as another planet known as Ties had smashed into Earth. This collision had sent mass debris of Rock Vapour around the planet which then created the moon! Click the link ‘The Big Crash which created the Moon!’ to learn more about this!

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