Ejecta

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4486.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4486. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planetary Physics

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Material thrown out by an impact on the surface of a planetary body, particularly by a crater-forming event. Ejecta consists mostly of material excavated from the body that has been struck. It can form rays, extending radially from the crater; an ejecta blanket, a continuous deposit of ejecta surrounding the crater; or secondary craters, caused by larger fragments of ejected debris. Material that...

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