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Icarus, 2010
The SMART-1 spacecraft impacted the Moon on 3rd September 2006 at a speed of 2 km s−1 and at a very shallow angle of incidence (∼1°). The resulting impact crater is too small to be viewed from the Earth; accordingly, the general crater size and shape have been determined here by laboratory impact experiments at the same speed and angle of incidence ...
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The SMART-1 spacecraft impacted the Moon on 3rd September 2006 at a speed of 2 km s−1 and at a very shallow angle of incidence (∼1°). The resulting impact crater is too small to be viewed from the Earth; accordingly, the general crater size and shape have been determined here by laboratory impact experiments at the same speed and angle of incidence ...
M.J. Burchell +2 more
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Lunar Accretion from an Impact-Generated Disk
Nature, 1997Although the mechanism by which the Moon was formed is currently unknown, several lines of evidence point to its accretion from a circumterrestrial disk of debris generated by a giant impact on the Earth. Theoretical simulations show that a single large moon can be produced from such a disk in less than a year, and establish a direct relationship ...
Ida, S., Canup, R. M., Stewart, G. R.
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2009
The Moon is an airless body, devoid of the atmosphere that Earth has to protect it from the impacts of meteoroids. In the case of the Earth, the atmosphere shields the ground from all but the larger (and much rarer) meteoroid collisions. We see the collision between the meteoroid and the atmosphere as a “falling” or “shooting” star, sometimes leaving a
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The Moon is an airless body, devoid of the atmosphere that Earth has to protect it from the impacts of meteoroids. In the case of the Earth, the atmosphere shields the ground from all but the larger (and much rarer) meteoroid collisions. We see the collision between the meteoroid and the atmosphere as a “falling” or “shooting” star, sometimes leaving a
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Two Successive Lunar Impact Flashes: First lunar impact detection from Turkey
AbstractA number of attempts have been done to detect of lunar impact flash observations by various researchers in last 20 years. One of the systematically research of lunar impact flash observations has been done at İSTEK Belde Observatory since 2017.Mert Acar, Alper K. Ateş
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ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, 2011
A two-ton Atlas Centaur rocket body, part of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), struck the floor of Cabeus crater, near the south pole of the Moon, at 11:31 UT on October 9, 2009. The purpose of the crash was to create a plume of debris that could be examined for the presence of water and other chemicals in the lunar regolith.
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A two-ton Atlas Centaur rocket body, part of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), struck the floor of Cabeus crater, near the south pole of the Moon, at 11:31 UT on October 9, 2009. The purpose of the crash was to create a plume of debris that could be examined for the presence of water and other chemicals in the lunar regolith.
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Support for the Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis from Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Ages
Science, 2000Lunar meteorites represent a more random sampling of lunar material than the Apollo or Luna collections and, as such, lunar meteorite impact melt ages are the most important data in nearly 30 years with which to reexamine the lunar cataclysm hypothesis.
B A, Cohen, T D, Swindle, D A, Kring
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Lunar Impact Observation Programs
2009As discussed in the Introduction, the Leonid meteor shower of 18 November 1999 produced the first independently confirmed observations and recordings of meteor impacts on the Moon. A number of attempts have been made previously to observe and document lunar meteor impacts, but none have produced scientifically confirmed observations from two or more ...
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Thickness determinations of the lunar surface layer from lunar impact craters
Journal of Geophysical Research, 1968Small, fresh lunar craters with normal, central-mound, flat-bottomed, and concentric geometry are widespread on maria surfaces. The same types of craters have been produced in the laboratory by impacting projectiles against targets consisting of loose, granular, noncohesive materials overlying cohesive substrates.
William L. Quaide, Verne R. Oberbeck
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Lunar lineaments and meteorite impact
Tectonophysics, 1968Abstract Through the use of terrestrial analogies with regard to the formation of craters, new prominence has been given to the theory that lunar craters are possibly the result of volcanism rather than of random meteorite impacts. The paper examines the validity of using terrestrial parallels and suggests that an impact origin neither precludes ...
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The potential 2024YR4 lunar impact and implications for lunar impact flash observations
IntroductionThe Earth-crossing asteroid, 2024YR4, was identified in late 2024 and at its peak was rated a 3 on the Torino scale as a potentially hazardous Earth-impactor. While over 450 subsequent observations confirmed the asteroid would not impact the Earth, the current uncertainty in its trajectory gives an ≈3.5% chance for the asteroid to instead ...Daniel Sheward +2 more
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