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wishfishyesterday at 11:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

Zoomed into several of the lunar surface photos and noticed some of the very small impact craters are in a regularly spaced straight line.

Looks to me as if a meteorite came in at a shallow angle and basically skipped across the surface. Leaving dimpled craters as it bounced. Looks very similar to rocks skipping on a pond. Am I correct or is there another explanation for these?


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maccam912today at 1:13 AM

If I am understanding correctly you are seeing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_chain which are craters caused by debris blasted out when another crater is formed.

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xnxyesterday at 11:16 PM

A chain of meteors would strike the surface in a line as the moon moves

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