Template:Did you know nominations/Secondary crater

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 19:53, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Secondary crater[edit]

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... that secondary craters (pictured) can sometimes form radial crater chains?

ALT1:... that secondary crater formation requires a primary crater, sufficient gravity, and enough velocity in the ejected material?
Reviewed: Cyril Stanley Smith
Comment: Education Program:Louisiana State University/Geology 4002: Evolution of Terrestrial Planets (Spring 2015)

5x expanded by Mangolava (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 03:30, 2 April 2015 (UTC).

This generally looks very good, clear and interesting. There are some paragraphs for which a source should be provided. In "Formation", last paragraph, should it not read "thicker" rather than "thinner"? Aymatth2 (talk) 02:19, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I have added some more citations, and removed that thinner bit. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:18, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

That fixes it. New enough, long enough, neutral, no close paraphrasing issues. Both hooks are supported and short enough. I prefer the first. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:31, 15 May 2015 (UTC)