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Considering the fact that meteorites impact the Earth at an angle, that is they don't strike the earth vertically down from space, why is it that impact craters are always circular and not elliptical?

NASA's astronomers have recently discovered a ‘quasi-moon' orbiting within Earth's orbital neighbourhood. This quasi-moon spotted in 2025 is an asteroid and not the first celestial object to be ...