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Unless the relative velocity's are extreme they would merge on the first collision. So you get millions of small fragments from the first collision and one much larger one.

On the other hand if it's got high relative velocity's they would both end up destroyed into millions of fragments. Picture firing balls of sand at each other.

Moon even has a molten interior these fragments would be mostly liquid.




The relative velocity's what?




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