Sentences with phrase «youngest craters»
"Youngest craters" refers to the most recent or newest impact holes or depressions found on a celestial body, such as the moon or a planet. These craters were formed relatively recently compared to other craters in the same area. Full definition
Scully and colleagues, publishing in the journal «Earth and Planetary Science Letters,» identified a small number of young craters on Vesta with curved gullies and fan - shaped («lobate») deposits.
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The relatively young crater cluster in Baetica contains boulders up to 300 metres across - probably impact debris.
This Paper Hyacinths Flower Craft For Kids is perfect for young craters to make, and will make the most wonderful Mother's day card too!
In a number of cases, these authigenic clays were found in fairly young craters, ones formed in the last 2 billion years or so.
Extensive «rays» of impact debris were seen to emanate from two other bright and apparently young craters, with at least one newly imaged by MESSENGER (more discussion and images from MESSENGER's second flyby on October 6, 2008).
Almost 8 centuries later, a relatively young crater — dubbed Giordano Bruno, after the heretic who was burned at the stake in Rome for arguing that planets orbit other stars — was discovered on the far side of the moon by the Soviet spacecraft Lunik III.
Kupalo Crater, one of the youngest craters on Ceres, shows off many fascinating attributes at the high image resolution of 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.
Haulani Crater is one of the youngest craters on Ceres, as evidenced by its sharp rims and bright, bluish material in this enhanced color composite topographic map from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
The second impactor was 50 - to 60 - kilometer - wide (31 - to 37 - mile - wide), and it scooped out the younger crater, Rheasilvia, which is nearly 500 kilometers wide and 19 kilometers deep and is similar other large basins found on low - gravity icy bodies.
On the way down you will explore the three younger craters and the most recent lava flows, all whilst admiring the breathtaking volcanic landscape!