At fixed projectile mass and the assumed common quarter-power law, changing diameter from 30 to 75 m increases energy by (75/30)4 and speed by (75/30)2=6.25. The corresponding primary impact speed is about 15.6 km s−1. Five percent transferred to secondary-forming ejecta gives vej≃781 m s−1. ThereforeThis assumes a 45-degree launch and similar target properties/coupling, as well as the source's fixed mass and velocity-transfer rules. Such a range is a noticeable fraction of the lunar radius, so curvature would produce a correction; the supplied flat-surface formula is an estimate rather than exact lunar orbit dynamics.
rmax≃1.6227812≃3.76×105 m≈380 km.
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