Cometary collisions on the moon and Mercury

Details Cometary collisions on the moon and Mercury Cometary collisions on the moon and Mercury

Mar 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980natur.284...22s&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 284, Mar. 6, 1980, p. 22-26. NASA-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Collisions, Comets, Impact Damage, Lunar Surface, Mercury (Planet), Planetary Structure, Astronomical Photometry, Cratering, Moon, Mercury, Planet, Comets, Collisions, Comae, Impacts, Structure, Magnetic Anomalies, Farside, Reiner Gamma, Marginis, Mare, Ingenti, Features, Albedo, Ring Patterns, Formation, Photometry, Wavelengths, Infrared Scanning Radiometer, Goddard A, Ages, Stratigraphy, Nuclei, Abundance, Density, Gases, Dust, Origin, Remanent Magnetization, Magnetic Fields, Pressure, Distribution, Model

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Unusual swirl patterns of bright and dark material on the moon and Mercury are proposed to be remnants of collisions with gas/dust-rich regions within a cometary coma. This interpretation provides important new clues for understanding cometary fine structure, impact effects of low-density material, and the origin of certain pronounced magnetic anomalies.

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