Asymmetric Ejecta

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

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

Image ID: 
V28632014 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
44.0376
318.382
28632
2008-05-28 13:57
Fri, 2008-08-01
VIS
1024 pixels (19 km)
3648 pixels (70 km)
0.01921 km/pixel
0.01935 km/pixel

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