Extended Data Table 2 Results from the MFM simulations with updated versions of the ANEOS equations of state16

From: Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies

  1. The radius above which the mantle transit to a rheological liquid state (melt fraction >40%), the mass of TMM below that boundary, and the fractions of it that are solid. For comparison, we also listed the results using the boundary defined by entropy jump as in to ref. 19. These canonical impacts involve a low-mass ( ~ 0.12 ME) Theia and a large proto-Earth (0.9 ME) at ~45° impact angles, which are similar to ref. 19 but with enhanced resolution and an updated equation of state. The third MFM simulation has a particle count that is five times higher compared to the other two cases.
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