Final Moon Impact Video from NASA's Grail Mission

 

 

           

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[larry Giglio]

hello. amazing slide show. the impact holes are all going perpendicular to the center of the moon.

[David Jones]

"the impact holes are all going perpendicular to the center of the moon

Only a very glancing blow will cause a non-circular crater. The rest all look as if they have been caused by vertical strikes. This is because a crater isn't actually formed directly by the impact of a meteor; rather it's caused by the explosion resulting from the strike, an explosion that is the result of the super-compression and vaporisation of rock at the point of impact. This leaves a circular crater actually much larger than the meteor(ite) itself.

[didoxdido]

This is a rework of the GRAIL’s moon shots along with gravity maps created from the data acquired, enjoy it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8nKojIiHI