Ganymede and Callisto - Complex crater formation and planetary crusts

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Aug 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9615635s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Aug. 25, 1991, p. 15,635-15,664.

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Callisto, Ganymede, Icy Satellites, Planetary Craters, Planetary Crusts, Lunar Craters, Tethys, Tycho Crater

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Results are presented on measurements of crater depths and other morphological parameters (such as central peak and terrace frequency) of fresh craters on Ganymede and Callisto, two geophysically very similar but geologically divergent large icy satellites of Jupiter. These data were used to investigate the crater mechanics on icy satellites and the intersatellite crater scaling and crustal properties. The morphological transition diameters of and complex crater depths on Ganymede and Callisto were found to be similar, indicating that the crusts of both satellites are dominated by water ice with only a minor rocky component.

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