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Glass Spherule Product by a Meteorite Impact Into Lunar Soil

Target Name:  Moon
Spacecraft:  Apollo
Produced by:  NASA/D. S. McKay
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  S71-48109

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A glass spherule (about 0.6 mm in diameter) produced by a meteorite impact into lunar soil. Features on the surface are glass splashes, welded mineral fragments, and microcraters produced by space weathering processes at the surface of the moon. SEM image by D. S. McKay

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