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whatever a violent event throws up, out, or away — and never quite invites back.
means material blasted outward by an impact, eruption, or explosion, from asteroid strikes to volcanoes to gunfire.
from from latin eicere, to throw out — geologists borrowed it for crater debris, and it spread to volcanology, ballistics, and astrophysics wherever something gets forcibly evicted.
lunar cratersejecta rays stretch thousands of kilometers across the moon
dinosaur extinctionchicxulub ejecta rained molten glass worldwide
firearms usespent shell casings are technically ejecta too
tektitesglassy ejecta cooled mid-air into teardrop shapes