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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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

central peak); the original crater rim, long since removed by erosion, being estimated at approximately 9–12 km diameter. Evidence for an impact origin...

Zucchius is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the southwestern limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening...

Technical Impact Hazard Scale – Logarithmic scale in astronomy Pan-STARRS – Multi-telescope astronomical survey Peak ring (crater) – Roughly circular ring or...