First, letò??s talk about what it means to ò??disturbò?? Earthò??s orbit. Every object that hits Earth changes its orbit a little. Maybe youò??re really interested in impacts that would change the planetò??s orbit enough that
it would affect our everyday life ò?? for example, by causing the year to be one day longer or shorter, or by causing winter to be noticeably warmer.
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