ejecta
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If the researchers are right, and Tianwen-2 brings some of the asteroid back to Earth, it would be the first time scientists would be able to study a piece of lunar ejecta, Cheng says.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2024
Remote observations show that distant ejecta in CE-5 regolith mainly come from four impact craters, and the Aristarchus crater is the youngest among the four distant craters.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
"We actually used the equations of volcanoes to predict how fast ejecta would fly - 90 meters per second," he told BBC News.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023
But then sometime between day 200 and 1000 the ejecta must have clashed with the hollow ring of star stuff, causing it to light up again.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 21, 2023
Lots of carbon comes up with kimberlite ejecta, but most is vaporized or turns to graphite.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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