The size of complex craters

Details The size of complex craters The size of complex craters

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24..665h&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 2: G-M p 665-666 (SEE N94-16173 03-91)

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Collapse, Gravitational Effects, Lunar Craters, Planetary Craters, Scaling Laws, Gravitation, Solar System

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Lunar craters larger than about 15 km and terrestrial craters larger than about 3 km in diameter presumably underwent gravity-driven, 'late-stage' collapse that modified an initial transient bowl-shaped 'simple' crater into the flat-floored complex craters observed. These same mechanisms were operative for the larger craters on other solar system bodies, at a threshold size inversely proportional to gravity. This paper presents a new look at the scaling relations for these complex craters.

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