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Tag Archives: triplet craters
THEMIS: Triple strike on Solis Planum
THEMIS image of the Day, June 6, 2017. Today’s VIS image is of a group of craters in Solis Planum. Because three of the craters are overlapping it is possible to determine the order in which those three were created. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, Mars Odyssey, multiple impacts, NASA, Solis Planum, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, triplet craters
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HiRISE: A triple crater
This image (making a stereo pair with ESP_041350_1455) shows an elongated depression from three merged craters. The raised rims and ejecta indicate that these are impact craters rather than collapse or volcanic landforms. The pattern made by the ejecta and … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, oblique impacts, triplet craters, University of Arizona
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HRSC: Crater triplets
At first glance this scene may seem nothing out of the ordinary, but the large elongated crater marks the imprint of an impacting body that may have broken into three before it hit Mars. The images were acquired by ESA’s … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, impacts, Mars Express, MEX, Terra Sirenum, triplet craters
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