At fixed projectile mass and the assumed common quarter-power law, changing diameter from 30 to 75 m increases energy by and speed by . The corresponding primary impact speed is about 15.6 km s. Five percent transferred to secondary-forming ejecta gives m s. Therefore
This 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.

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