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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Probabilities of collisions of bodies ejected from forming Earth with the terrestrial planets

   Ipatov · Icarus · 2024

   Simulations of bodies ejected from the Earth gave the chances of their colliding with the terrestrial planets, Jupiter and the Sun, and showed how these depend on how the bodies were ejected.

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   1. UncheckedOf bodies ejected from the Earth, about 0.2-0.3 probably went to the Earth itself and a similar share to Venus, per this simulation study.“The fractions of bodies delivered to the Earth and Venus probably did not differ much for these planets and were about 0.2-0.3 each.”
   2. UncheckedIn the paper's simulations, no more than 0.08 of bodies ejected from the Earth hit Mercury and no more than 0.025 hit Mars.“The fractions of bodies ejected from the Earth that collided with Mercury and Mars did not exceed 0.08 and 0.025, respectively.”