At the beginning of the solar system's history, a ready supply of proto-planets or mini-planets crashed into the developing planets and each other - something astronomers call the "era of giant impacts." How long do astronomers estimate this era lasted?
A) only a few dozen years - it was over very quickly
B) about 100 million years (0.1 billion)
C) about two billion years
D) about four billion years (it only ended about half a billion years ago)
E) that era is not finished yet - giant impacts are still happening all over the solar system

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Astronomers estimate that the "era of giant impacts" lasted about 100 million years (0.1 billion).

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