Fig. 3

Impact geometry seen in the rest frame of Earth a) and Moon b). a) The Moon is assumed to be where aM = 60 R⊕, with vM = 1.0 km s-1. The impactors, distributed extensively enough to cover the lunar orbit (black circle), are in the common direction of venc (black dashed arrow). Where fM = 0°,45°,...,315°, the lunar velocity vM (black solid arrow) and the impact velocity v for venc = 5 or 10 km s-1 (red or blue solid arrows) are all plotted to the same scale. b) Under the same conditions, v is plotted pointing at the normal impact points on the lunar surface.
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