Secondary Crater

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4487.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4487. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planetary Physics

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A small crater formed on a planetary body by a block of ejecta thrown out during the excavation of a larger impact crater, the primary crater. Secondary craters from recent impact events, such as those associated with the lunar crater Tycho, tend to be more easily identifiable as secondary features. Some are clustered around the primary crater, and tend to be irregular, having been formed by low-...

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