Sentences with phrase «recent impact crater»

Figure Meteor Crater, Arizona, is a recent impact crater similar to those found on the Moon.

The moon is a cold, dry orb whose surface is studded with craters and strewn with rocks and dust (called Figure Meteor Crater, Arizona, is a recent impact crater similar to those found on the Moon.

A new map (above) reveals 222 recent impact craters (in yellow), 33 percent more than simulations predicted.

These are relatively recent impact craters.

Not exact matches

A recent drilling expedition to Mexico's dino - killing Chicxulub crater — the only mass extinction conclusively linked to an impact — found the asteroid hit sedimentary rock rich in sulfurs.

Measuring geological time: Two pyroclastic vents on the floor of Mercury's Kipling crater, top, would likely not have survived the impact; they are more recent.

Early in the formation of our solar system (before 3.9 billion years ago) there was lots of large debris striking the surfaces of the young planets and moons; these older impact basins are larger than the more recent craters.

The ice they carried would have vaporized from the impact, settling eventually in permanently shadowed craters near the north and south lunar poles, where the extreme cold (below — 400 degrees Fahrenheit, according to recent observations) would have preserved it almost indefinitely.

Mark Boslough says a comet of the size required for the impacts in these papers would have drilled through the ice, leaving a visible crater, and being so recent, might be still steaming today!

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft highlights Axomama Crater, the small crater shown to the right of center; its sharp edges indicate recent emplacement by a small impact.