Yes, this is true!
In the early times of the solar system, when the planets were still being formed there were many impacts. For example, it is thought that the mood is a result of such an impact: another celestial body hit Earth and part of it remains as today's moon. Such impacts are no longer typical.
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The Orpheus theory, which says that a planet-sized body once collided with Earth and that it sent some of the material into orbit, forming the moon.
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The east are closer to the equator.