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The SMART-1 lunar impact

Foing, B. H.; Burchell, M. J.; Robin-Williams, R.

The SMART-1 spacecraft impacted the Moon on 3rd September 2006 at a speed of 2 km s ^-1 and at a very shallow angle of incidence (∼1°). The resulting impact crater is too small to be viewed from the Earth; accordingly, the general crater size and shape have been determined here by laboratory impact experiments at the same speed and angle…