Butterfly Ejecta

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

"Butterfly" ejecta is the name given when a crater has two lobes of ejecta on opposite sides, with little or no ejecta between the lobes. It is thought that this ejecta pattern is created by a low angle impact. The lack of ejecta indicates the direction of the impact, with the two lobes formed perpendicular to the incoming direction. This VIS image shows half of a crater with "butterfly" ejecta.

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Context

Image ID: 
V47277013 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
9.25753
279.824
47277
2012-08-10 23:48
Thu, 2012-10-18
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (65 km)
0.017828 km/pixel
0.017957 km/pixel

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