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	Hit Me Again

dmoonme1

7-23-2009 1:54 PM

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outer space, solar system, comets, planets

dmoonme1 says:

Jupiter of course is the largest planet in our solar system. The gravitational aspects of it are much greater and therefore the planet is more inclined to such "hits". Imagine what something the size of a comet like Shoemaker-Levy 9 could do if it were to hit a much smaller planet like oh, uh,,,I don't know...Earth? Devastating is a good word.

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