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Gigantic asteroid impact shifted the axis of Solar System’s biggest moon

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gigantic asteroid impact shifted the axis of solar systems biggest moon

Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System’s biggest moon’s axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed that the asteroid was around 20 times larger than the one that ended the age of the dinosaurs on Earth, and caused one of the biggest impacts with clear traces in the Solar System.

Source: ScienceDaily.com