Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 20, 1963

Hey, you got Beethoven…

And this Carson person is full of bullpatties….

Ok Mr. Beetoven Beetoven Beetoven Beetoven

Well, based on the leading hypothesis of the moon’s formation as of this writing (2021), the Giant-Impact hypothesis, that would be quite right. During the late stages of the solar system’s formation, about 4.5 billion years ago, a body about the size of Mars impacted the proto-Earth, and the ejecta from that collision eventually coalesced to form the Moon. If the very early Earth pre-impact already had oceans (unlikely, as the surface was probably still largely molten back then), they would have been quickly boiled away by the impact and would not be able to form again until much later, after many centuries of rain (as in the previous strip) as the planet slowly cooled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis

Most of the other currently less-favoured hypotheses of the moon’s formation also seem to place the moon’s formation at a time before oceans could have formed as well.

Beethoven is to Schroeder as Rachel Carson is to Lucy.

Wierd

Dang, Schroeder, Rachel Carson ought to be your heroine, too. If you could tear yourself away from Beethoven long enough, you might put some effort into becoming more environmentally conscious.