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An impactor is the object or 'tool' making the impaction. For example, If a crater was to be made, the meteor is the impactor, the crater is the impaction, and the ejecta is the loose debris.

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From the impact of fast moving objects with a surface. The kinetic energy of the impactor excavates a crater with an inverted, raised rim and forms an ejector plume leaving a crater and, if the impactor is sufficiently large or fast, a central mountain peak.


How large is an impact crater compared to the impactor?

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The Characteristic shape of lunar craters is evidence that?

All impact craters are circular, no matter what the shape of the impactor or the angle of impact. Of the options provided in the Discussion page, only choice "B" is accurate. The energy released in the impact melted the impactor - and the surface - to the point of being fluid, or at least malleable. Option "D", that the craters were formed early in the Moon's history, is probably also true, but the circular shape of the craters isn't dependent on this.


What has the author Thomas T Mercer written?

Thomas T. Mercer has written: 'A cascade impactor operating at low volumetric flow rates' -- subject(s): Cascade impactors (Meteorological instruments)