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BioTechproject t1_j3guhl5 wrote

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in How come there are so many indentations on the moon that are so close to perfectly round that they look as if they could have been be man-made? by mightierthor

And most importantly the reason why most craters are circular is because of the high impact velocities. The space rocks are so fast relative to eachother that angle doesn't usually matter, the rock simply detonates on impact. And like all explosions, the resulting crater is circular.

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