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The hottest of the new giant-impact simulations builds an intact Moon in about five hours
For the first time, the Earth-Theia collision has been simulated with temperature-dependent rock strength. Some runs still make the familiar debris disk; the hottest assemble an intact Moon in about five hours.
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