• Question: has any plannet collided?

    Asked by widow to Chris on 16 Mar 2016.
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      Chris Conselice answered on 16 Mar 2016:


      Yes, we think that this has happened.

      Some people believe that the astroid belt is a failed planet, or one that was destroyed, perhaps by colliding with another planet. While the planets inthe solar system do not collide today, we do see comets hitting planets, such as a famous collision in the 1990s.

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