In texas, to run as an independent for statewide office, a candidate must file a petition with a number of signatures equal to % of the votes cast for governor in the past election.

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Explanation:

Running as an Independent meaning that the candidate will not have backings from any political parties that exist in that state. So, In order to make sure that the person running as independence actually could represent the people, we made a requirement for them to sign a petition.

If, that particular candidate manage to get 1% of the votes from the total casts in the past election, we can conclude that this person is very influential and backed by many people that wasn't really affiliated with other existing party.

giant impact theory - the moon was formed from the collision between earth and another mars-sized body.

colliding planetesimals hypothesis - the moon was formed from the same cloud of material as earth.

capture hypothesis - the moon was locked into orbit by earths gravity as it was passing by it.

accretion hypothesis - the moon was formed from collisions and combining of planetesimals.

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