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If a ring particle survived for the age of the solar system, how many collisions would it undergo?

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If a ring particle survived for the age of the solar system, how many collisions would it undergo?

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The Solar system was formed 4.568 billion years ago.

One year is about 31,560,000 second long. Since 5 hours is 5x(3600) = 18,000 seconds, a particle will collide about 31,560,000 / 18000 = 1753.3 times a year

4.568 billion x 1753.3 = 8009 billion collisions.

So, about 8,009,000,000,000 times.

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