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   Hud Nordin to Matalog   
   Re: The planet that hit the earth to cre   
   11 May 05 22:13:57   
   
   From: hud@pobox.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Matalog  wrote:   
   >Does anybody know the name of the mars-sized planet that supposedly hit the   
   >earth and created the moon was called?  I was watching Natural World just   
   >now and it said the name of the planet - it began with V or F i think.   
      
   I've heard it called "Vulcan" -- god of fire, blacksmith to the gods.   
   Seems fitting.   
      
   I'm sure that as a hypothetical body it doesn't have an official name.   
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