The Impact Theory of the Origin of Lunar Craters

J. J. Gilvarry; J. E. Hill

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The Impact Theory of the Origin of Lunar Craters

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1956 English Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, volume 68, page 223 (issn: 0004-6280, eissn: 1538-3873,

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Authors: J. J. Gilvarry; J. E. Hill;

doi: 10.1086/126920

The Impact Theory of the Origin of Lunar Craters

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Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to present the results of computations on the pressures and temperatures attained in the impact of large meteorites on the lunar surface, based on the equation of state as obtained from the ThomasFermi statistical model of the atom.

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