Sentences with phrase «curved gullies»
The curved gullies are significantly different from those formed by the flow of purely dry material, scientists said.
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«However, the craters with curved gullies are associated with pitted terrain, which has been independently suggested as evidence for loss of volatile gases from Vesta.»
On the right is an inset image showing an example of curved gullies, indicated by the short white arrows, and a fan - shaped deposit, indicated by long white arrows.
Laboratory experiments performed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, indicate that there could be enough time for curved gullies to form on Vesta before all of the water evaporated.
The leading theory to explain the source of the curved gullies is that Vesta has small, localized patches of ice in its subsurface.
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They are experienced along with the physical objectlike substance of the magazine when opened up, with its sheeny curves and promising gully.