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Meteorite impacts produce most of moon’s thin atmosphere, study reveals | Scientists find impact vaporisation responsible for about 70% and a process known as solar wind sputtering 30%


Scientists find impact vaporisation responsible for about 70% and a process known as solar wind sputtering 30%

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