Yuty (crater)
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 Image of Yuty Crater taken in 1977 by the Viking 1 orbiter |
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| Coordinates | 22.4° N, 34.2° W |
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| Diameter | 19.9 |
| Eponym | Yuty, Paraguay |
Yuty Crater is a crater in Chryse Planitia, on the planet Mars.
The crater is about 18km in diameter, and is surrounded by complex ejecta lobes, one of which partly covers an older crater.[1] Many craters at equatorial and mid-latitudes on Mars have this form of ejecta morphology, which is believed to arise when the impacting object melts ice in the subsurface. Liquid water in the ejected material would then allow it to flow, forming the characteristic lobe shapes.[2]
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- ^ Yuty crater in Chryse Planitia, Mars. Mars - Viking 1 Orbiter (1976). Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Walter S. Kiefer (2004). Maximum Impact - Impact Craters in the Solar System. NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
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