Asymmetric Ejecta

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Craters with asymmetric ejecta blankets are typically formed by oblique impacts. The region of 'missing' ejecta indicates the direction of the incoming meteorite.

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Context

Latitude: 44.0376

Longitude: 318.382

Orbit Number: 28632

Captured: 2008-05-28 13:57

Posted to Web: Fri, 2008-08-01

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (70 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01921 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.01935 km/pixel

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