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Letter: Grappling with the mysteries of early Earth (2)

Published 24 August 2022

From Fred White, Nottingham, UK

When proto-Earth was struck by Theia, I assume its orbital parameters were altered. Is anyone looking into the scale of such a change? Could it have brought the combined bodies into the habitable zone?

Issue no. 3401 published 27 August 2022

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