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Whiskers on the moon

Abstract

The existence of whiskers on lunar soil grains was observed. It is hypothesized that the fibers on these particles are whiskers that grew from clouds of vaporized lunar rock during macro-sized cratering events.

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Brownlee, D. E., Bucher, W., Hodge, P.. 1972-01-01. Whiskers on the moon. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720019117

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