why are all craters on the moon round? You would think that most would look elongated or elliptical depending on the angle of impact.

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why are all craters on the moon round? You would think that most would look elongated or elliptical depending on the angle of impact.

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This is just very wrong though. Friction is the reason. The angle a meteor enter earth atmosphere determines everything about its definition and characteristic. When a meteor is large enough to withstand the heat and friction of our atmosphere it is called a meteorite, and that friction along with gravity it withstood sets it relatively close to perpendicular with the surface of earth