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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Explaining mercury via a single giant impact is highly unlikely

   Franco, Izidoro, Winter, Torres and Amarante · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2022

   N-body simulations of terrestrial planet formation found Moon-like impacts fairly common but Mercury-forming single giant impacts extremely rare, suggesting alternative scenarios such as multiple collisions may be needed.

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   1. UncheckedIn all the authors' simulations, some giant impacts matched conditions that could form the Moon, reaching up to about 20% of all giant impacts.“Impact events that could lead to Moon's formation are observed in all our simulations with up to ~20% of all giant impacts, consistent with the range of the expected Moon-forming event conditions.”