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Craters
Author(s) -
MILLMAN PETER M.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1966.tb00354.x
Subject(s) - impact crater , astrobiology , geology , lunar craters , physics
Abstract Recent observational evidence emphasizes the importance of craters as a prominent surface characteristic of the smaller planetary bodies in the solar system. Craters of similar appearance may have very diverse origins. An initial assumption as to the type of origin should not influence an impartial and detailed physical study of any given crater.