Historic 'Moon Issue' of Science (IMAGE)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Historic 'Moon Issue' of Science

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Meteoritic body (4mm in diameter), composed of Ni-Fe and FeS, mimics man's image of the moon. This fragment crashed on the moon. The event produced a liquid drop, which collapsed as it cooled in the lunar gravitational field. The upper side of the fragment was abraded by lunar dust and struck by splashed lunar fragments traveling at crater-forming speeds.

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V.E. Krantz, Smithsonian Institution

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Credit: V.E. Krantz, Smithsonian Institution

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