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They say that's what made dinosaurs extinct, but we've since learned how hit asteroids with rockets to change its trajectory so who kmws.
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They have actually changed the trajectory of an asteroid by impacting it with an old probe. Actually that happened within the last year.
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How large was the celestial body that crashed into the earth and created the moon????
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SGT Mary G.
I've seen it compared to the size of Mars - name of Theia.
NASA has an interesting video of a model of what may have happened.
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/collision-may-have-formed-the-moon-in-mere-hours-simulations-reveal/
NASA has an interesting video of a model of what may have happened.
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/collision-may-have-formed-the-moon-in-mere-hours-simulations-reveal/
Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal - NASA
Billions of years ago, a version of our Earth that looks very different than the one we live on today was hit by an object about the size of Mars, called
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SGT Mary G. - Hi Mary. For sure it had to have been (relatively) HUGE! Just look at how large our moon is!!!!
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