While the co-accretion and capture models are not currently accepted as valid explanations for the existence of the Moon, they have been employed to explain the formation of other natural satellites in the Solar System.
雖然共同吸積和捕獲模式，目前不被接受為有效解釋月球存在的理論，但已經被用來解釋太陽系中其他天然衛星的形成。