Glass Spherule Product by a Meteorite Impact Into Lunar Soil

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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