THEMIS: Yuty Crater’s splashy debris pattern

Yuty Crater impact into ice-rich ground (THEMIS_IOTD_20161010)THEMIS Image of the Say, October 10, 2016. This VIS image shows part of the ejected debris around Yuty Crater. The ejecta, with the raised outer margin, is called a rampart. It comes from water- or ice-rich ground where the impact occurred, which makes the ejected debris move more easily.

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