They landed on nice, hard rock like on Mars or Mercury, exploding on the surface and
excavating deep craters.
Not exact matches
Clays also tend to be found in and around large impact
craters, where material from
deep below the surface has been
excavated.
They also looked at whether
craters made by the comets hitting the surface could
excavate enough nitrogen — but that would require a very
deep layer of nitrogen ice at the surface, which is not proven.
Clusters of
excavated craters or
deep jagged rifts define the topography of the resulting works.