Moon-Mercury - Relative preservation states of secondary craters

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Nov 1977

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(Lunar Science Institute, Conference on Comparisons of Mercury and the Moon, Houston, Tex., Nov. 15-17, 1976.) Physics of the Ea

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Craters, Lunar Craters, Mercury (Planet), Planetary Surfaces, Selenography, Ejection, Erosion, Geochronology, Impact Loads, Isostasy, Mineral Deposits, Planetary Mapping

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Geologic studies including mapping of the Kuiper quadrangle of Mercury suggest that secondary craters are much better preserved than those on the moon. Factors which may account for the apparent differences between lunar and Mercurian secondary crater morphology include: (1) the rapid isostatic adjustment of the parent crater, (2) different impact fluxes of the two planets, (3) the greater concentration of Mercurian secondaries around impact areas, and (4) differences in crater ejection velocities. It has been shown that the ejection velocities on Mercury are about 50% greater than those on the moon at equivalent ranges. This may account for morphologically enhanced secondary craters, and may explain their better preservation with time.

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