Grooved Crater
This VIS image shows an unnamed crater located in Utopia Planitia. The surface of the ejecta contains radial grooves, visible on both the thicker near crater ejecta and the outer thin ejecta layer. The formation mechanism for the grooves is still unknown but several theories exist including basal surge flows and air pressure rock entrianment. Orbit Number: 79023 Latitude: 33.0045 Longitude: 86.1051 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-10-08 01:53 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23543
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PIA23543
Date Created
November 13, 2019
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JPL
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