A review is presented of four hypotheses concerning the origin of lunar craters, taking into account the bubble hypothesis, the tide hypothesis, the volcanic hypothesis, and the impact hypothesis. A description is given of a series of experiments on impact craters and studies of a meteorite crater in Arizona are considered. It is concluded that the typical lunar craters can best be interpreted as impact craters.


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    Title :

    The origin of lunar craters


    Contributors:
    Wegener, A. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1975-10-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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