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Re:Small Asteroid Impacts Moon by gibmeat on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:34AM (#35119869)
I thought about this too, but if it were dust, I'm guessing it wouldn't dissipate in 1 second.
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Re:Small Asteroid Impacts Moon by marginalia_nu on Sunday March 12, 2023 @10:25AM (#35120398)
Seems like atmospheric intuition.

I'd expect high velocity dust to diffuse rather quickly in near vacuum.

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Re:Small Asteroid Impacts Moon by icehawk on Sunday March 12, 2023 @11:38AM (#35121358)
Here's a 2.8km/sec dust cloud from DART for comparison:

https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads...

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