Cometary collisions on the Moon and Mercury

Cometary collisions on the Moon and Mercury

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,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1980-03, Vol.284 (5751), p.22-26
Hauptverfasser: Srnka, Leonard J, Schultz, Peter H
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/284022a0