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Davy Chain

(day -vee) A prominent crater chain on the Moon that was produced by secondary ejecta.

Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

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The Davy chain is problematic; there's no obvious primary crater, and the craterlets are strung out in an arc.

This explanation was soon considered for the Davy chain too.

A trio of lunar mysteries: the Moon still has many unexplained features

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