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- A peak ring crater is a type of complex crater, which is different from a multi-ringed basin or central-peak crater. A central peak is not seen; instead...6 KB (509 words) - 21:24, 11 May 2024
- second largest impact structure on Earth, and the only one whose peak ring is intact and directly accessible for scientific research. The crater was discovered...82 KB (8,118 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2024
- Complex craters are a type of large impact crater morphology. Complex craters are classified into two groups: central-peak craters and peak-ring craters. Peak-ring...8 KB (904 words) - 04:37, 20 July 2024
- Manicouagan Reservoir (redirect from Manicouagan impact crater)confirmed impact structure according to rim-to-rim diameter. Mount Babel is interpreted as the central peak of the crater, formed by post-impact uplift....12 KB (1,158 words) - 23:22, 17 August 2024
- A multi-ringed basin (also a multi-ring impact basin) is not a simple bowl-shaped crater, or a peak ring crater, but one containing multiple concentric...7 KB (755 words) - 07:55, 14 June 2024
- Impact craters in the Solar System An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a...44 KB (5,337 words) - 02:28, 9 June 2024
- The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that...11 KB (1,141 words) - 15:12, 19 August 2024
- Jupiter's moon Callisto, Valhalla /vælˈhælə/ is the largest multi-ring impact crater in the Solar System. It is named after Valhalla, the hall where warriors...9 KB (1,075 words) - 21:19, 29 April 2024
- of present-day hills, which suggests the ring of hills are not the rim of the original crater but a peak ring within a much larger structure. The Carswell...4 KB (351 words) - 21:48, 26 June 2024
- The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300...17 KB (1,873 words) - 07:57, 3 June 2024
- Lunar and Planetary Institute - comprehensive reference on impact crater science Peak ring Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005)...4 KB (458 words) - 18:01, 6 July 2024
- Penelope is the fourth-largest impact crater on Saturn's moon Tethys. It is 208 kilometers wide, and is located near the equator in the center of trailing...5 KB (511 words) - 19:48, 16 June 2024
- Aorounga is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Chad, Africa. The exposed remnant of the crater is 12.6 km (7.8 mi) in diameter and its age is estimated...8 KB (1,050 words) - 06:21, 7 August 2024
- located at half the distance to the peak ring from the center of the crater. Rachmaninoff is the fourth impact crater on Mercury (after Caloris, Rembrandt...5 KB (471 words) - 22:00, 28 May 2024
- the start of the new growing season. Raditladi Basin, a large peak ring impact crater on Mercury with a diameter of 263 km is named after Leetile Disang...36 KB (4,212 words) - 13:22, 6 August 2024
- structure to be confirmed as an impact crater, it must meet a stringent set of well-established criteria. Some proposed impact structures are likely to eventually...131 KB (10,118 words) - 17:12, 9 July 2024
- There is a low central peak that joins a ridge crossing the floor. To the east of the crater are ray markings that include a ring-shape to the northeast...5 KB (337 words) - 02:07, 26 January 2024
- central peak); the original crater rim, long since removed by erosion, being estimated at approximately 9–12 km diameter. Evidence for an impact origin...3 KB (261 words) - 00:45, 7 May 2024
- Zucchius is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the southwestern limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening...7 KB (479 words) - 01:42, 26 January 2024
- Technical Impact Hazard Scale – Logarithmic scale in astronomy Pan-STARRS – Multi-telescope astronomical survey Peak ring (crater) – Roughly circular ring or...107 KB (12,087 words) - 19:18, 18 August 2024
- is inside the crater provides good opportunity to map inside of a crater. Ray Arvidson says first time we've mapped from inside a crater. This data will
- the impact craters that contain them are tens of kilometers wide or bigger. The hollows are often seen in clusters on the walls, floors, and peaks of the
- sizes, the central peaks become complex structures and undergo a transition into an inner mountain ring that is concentric with the crater rim. Although this