"Late Heavy Bombardment" meaning in All languages combined

See Late Heavy Bombardment on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Late Heavy Bombardment}} Late Heavy Bombardment
  1. A prolonged event believed to have occurred around the Hadean-Archean boundary, during which an unusually high number of asteroids hit the terrestrial planets and their moons. Wikipedia link: en:Late Heavy Bombardment Categories (topical): Earth sciences, Planetology Synonyms: LHB [initialism]
    Sense id: en-Late_Heavy_Bombardment-en-name-gfXWBF8V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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