Perspective view of a relatively young crater north of Eumenides Dorsum
Perspective view of a relatively young crater north of Eumenides Dorsum
This crater measuring just over 20 kilometres in diameter, still has very sharp contours, a cohesive ejecta blanket and traces of landslides within it. The landslide material is deposited in a wave-like pattern, concentrically arranged around the crater rim. This suggests that the crater was formed by the impact of an asteroid no more than two kilometres in diameter in the not-too-distant geological past. Its dimensions are comparable to the Nördlinger Ries circular depression – also an impact crater – in southern Germany.