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Many observations remind us that the Earth–Moon system has been bombarded by projectiles covering a wide size range between submicrometer particles to the giant Mars-sized body that did form the Moon during its impact with the proto-Earth. They include:
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Maurette, M. (2006). The Earth–Moon System in a Gigantic Cosmic “Firing” Range. In: Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins. Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34335-0_3
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