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...t from the southeast, or it may reflect the presence of the plateau during ejecta emplacement. Two dark blue spots in the center of Aristarchus represent an

...nge from under 10% (the dark mare regions) to as high as 25-30% for bright ejecta and highland regions.

[[Image:As15-81-10894.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The ejecta blanket of the more recent crater [[Hadley C]] interrupts the course of the

...ates an explosion that sends material flying out from the crater, called [[ejecta]]. The material from the meteor itself cools as the vapor expands and conde ...is that it was a major hit by a meteor on dark area of the Moon that threw ejecta up into the sunlight. This would be largest lunar meteor hit in human histo

[[Image:GP1Fig_3.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Figure 3<BR/>Crater ejecta radiates out onto the Lunar surface.]] Upon striking the moon, the kinetic ...terial produces the crater itself, and the material that escapes forms the ejecta that goes outward onto the moon surface (Fig 3). After the removal of ejec

...g_14.jpg|frame|left|Figure 14<BR/>A more recent impact within the brighter ejecta of Crater Copernicus]]

...and. Instead it digs deep holes, throws up mountain ranges, and sends out ejecta rays. ...by pressure ridges, pitted by small craters, and scattered with rocks from ejecta.

..., what astronomers will look for is the impact plume. An expanding cone of ejecta will rise more than 6 kilometers above the lunar surface and spread outward ...at least 0.5 percent water ice, water should be detectable in the plume of ejecta,"<ref name="update08">[http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11aug_lcross

...away from this region show only modest or no KREEP concentrations in their ejecta and rims. KREEP is kicked up in the ejecta or "splash out" produced in impacts taking place on or in close proximity t

...overing the area with a layer of dust and rock. While initially covered by ejecta, the radial faults were later activated by other stresses. One such stress

...f a large impact between the Earth and a Mars-sized object. The resultant ejecta formed an orbiting ring of debris around the Earth which eventually coalesc

#[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/25 Intricate Young Ejecta in Murchison] ...//lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/51 Hummocks and Blocks and Craters (Tsiolkovskiy ejecta)]