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Elisha Jhoti, a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an author of one of the two new papers, stated that during an impact event, "the ejecta blanket will be made up of a range of sizes of rocks that in turn make their own craters."
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Elisha Jhoti, a doctoral student at UCLA and co-author of a new paper, stated that an impact event's ejecta blanket consists of various rock sizes that create secondary craters.
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Elisha Jhoti
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{
    "date": "2026-09-21",
    "person": "Elisha Jhoti",
    "organization": "University of California, Los Angeles"
}
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Space Geology Moon Scientific finding
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October 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM (1 week ago)
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October 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM (1 week ago)

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What a Massive New Crater Means for Future Moon Bases
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/21/science/space/what-a-massive-new-crater-means-for-future-moon-bases.html

NASA has discovered the largest fresh crater on the Moon since at least 2009, a 728-foot-wide basin named McGetchin crater. This rare impact event highlights significant risks for planned human outposts on the lunar surface, particularly from debris and difficult-to-spot smaller impactors.

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