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When meteorites or other objects strike the Moon what do they create?
Impact Basin / Impact Crater
Why is aitkin most significant in the solar system?
The Aitkin Basin is a huge impact crater on the moon, 1,600 miles in diameter and 8.1 miles deep. It is the oldest, deepest and largest crater on the moon, and one of the largest in the entire solar system.
The depression left behind by an object striking the moon is called a?
A crater is a depression that is caused when an object hits a heavenly body, such as the moon. Since the moon has almost no atmosphere - and therefore no wind - the craters that have formed aren't erased over time from erosion (which has occurred here on Earth). The largest crater on the moon, the Aitken basin, is 2,500 km across and 13 km deep.
What is the deepest crater?
The largest impact basin on the Moon is the far-side South Pole-Aitken, which is 1,400 miles (2,250 km) in diameter and on average 39,000 ft (12,000 m) deep below its rim. This is the largest and deepest such crater known in the Solar System.
What is the Caloris Basin?
The Caloris Basin is an impact basin. It is one of the largest impact craters in the solar system. It was created after the heavy bombardment period and is estimated to be 3.8 billion years old.
Does mars have meteor craters?
yes it does actually the biggest crater in mars was discovered in the 1970s it was named the borealis basin it was discovered that it was the biggest crater in the solar system so far i hope this helps
What is the largest crater in the universe?
Mars, the crater is called the Borealis basin and at 8,500 kilometers across covers 40% of the Martian surface. There is some skepticism about it actually being an impact crater though, in which case the Aiken Basin on the Moon is the next biggest one at a meager 2,500 kilometers.
What is the basin shaped crater at the top of a volcano called?
A large basin shaped crater is called
What is the deepest depression found on the surface of mars?
The largest known crater on the planet is the Vredefort Crater in the Free State Province, South Africa. It is a couple hundred kilometres across and is one of the only large meteorite impact craters that one can see exceptional detail into the geological composition of craters. The crater has a diameter of roughly 250 - 300 km.But it is important to note that there is a chance that there is a larger one in Antarctica as scientific research there suggest a 'possible' one, but studies have not confirmed this yet.
What is another word for an impact basin?
A crater, but usually basins are much bigger than your average crater. So they are known by another name since often their characteristics are slightly different; the proportions of the impacting object are larger.
What kind of igneous rock is mostly present in mars surface?
borealis basin
Is the south pole-aitken basin the largest and deepest depression found thus far in the solar system?
South Pole Aitken Basin (diameter 2500km) is not the largest known impact crater. That distinction lies with Utopia Planitia Basin (3500km) on Mars. However, SPA is the deepest known impact basin in the Solar System at 13 kilometers. If proven, the hypothesized Borealis basin, on Mars, would be the largest impact basis, at more than 10000 km in diameter.
How big is the Caloris Basin?
Caloris Basin (also known as the Caloris Planitia) is an impact crater on Mercury about 1,550 km in diameter, known as the largest crater in the Solar System.
What is the biggest crater?
The largest verified crater on Earth is the Vredfort Crater in Africa. It's 300 km in diameter and about 5 km deep. It's so big it doesn't even look like a crater from the ground, but it's possible to see evidence of it from the air. The Wilkes Land crater in Antarctica is even larger at 500 km diameter, but it's buried under ice so it hasn't been verified yet. The biggest crater in the solar system is the Borealis Basin on Mars, which covers most of Mars' northern hemisphere.
The basin of Crater Lake is the remnant of what kind of mountain?
volcanic
What are the names of Mercury's craters?
The main crater is Caloris Basin.
What is basin shaped crater at top of mountain called?
Caldera .
