Planetary Demolition Derby Artist Concept
This artist concept shows a celestial body about the size of our moon slamming at great speed into a body the size of Mercury. NASA Spitzer found evidence that a high-speed collision of this sort occurred a few thousand years ago around a young star.
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NASA ID
PIA12166
Date Created
August 10, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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