Electric arcs provide clue to crater-chain formation

Electric discharge patterns, seen in a thin layer of dust, have a striking resemblance to many features seen on moons, asteroids and planets. A low-tech experiment has revealed a potential alternative cause of certain features on celestial bodies. Covered in this paper are the features that are hard to explain through the mechanism of an impact. The anomalies will be addressed and an option to standard impact theory presented. Chained craters, which appear to overlap each other or lay in very close linear proximity, will be compared to the results of experiments with electric discharge. Star shaped patterns will also be discussed and compared with planetary features as will craters on the rims of other craters. All these can be made predictably by electric discharge.