当碎片落回撞击坑时，热量可以被保留下来，形成隔热层。
Heat could be retained as debris fall back into impact craters, creating an insulating blanket.
据行星学家罗宾·卡纳普说，冥王星的所有三个卫星可以追溯回同一次撞击。
According to planetary scientist Robin Canup, all three of Pluto's satellites could trace back to a single impact.
另外，这还表明地球上的生命可能会经由撞击产生的碎屑降落到其他行星或者卫星，当然它们能否在这些天体上生存就是另一回事了。
Alternatively, it suggests life from Earth may have landed on other planets or moons on boulders blasted off Earth in an impact, though whether it could survive on those bodies is another matter.
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