Central Pit Crater, 2001 NASA Mars Odyssey images
Summary
Crater floors can have a range of features, from flat to a central peak or a central pit. This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea has a central pit. This unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea has a central pit. The different floor features develop do due several factors, including the size of the impactor, the geology of the surface material and the geology of the materials at depth. Orbit Number: 60737 Latitude: 22.3358 Longitude: 61.2019 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-08-23 20:13 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20092
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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Date
13/11/2015
Location
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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34.20139, -118.17341
Source
NASA
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