... TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov PHOTO CAPTION P-47065 July 10, 1996 A mixture of terrains studded with a large impact crater is shown in this view of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of the planet-sized moon on June 27, 1996. The image shows fine details of bright areas that make up about half of the surface of Ganymede. ... The image was taken on June 27 at a range of 7,448 kilometers (4.628 miles). ...

... Alien Life . ... During a mission planned to last a Martian year (nearly two of our years) after landing , Curiosity will use its instruments to investigate whether this area of Mars has ever enjoyed conditions suitable for life , especially the presence of liquid water.Lower layers of Aeolis Mons could reveal there was once a lake within Gale Crater long ago.But this is just the beginning of what ... Methane Not Detected by Curiosity Rover Does Not Rule Out Life on Mars . ... Astronotes...

Educator's Guide to Impact Craters . ... Just about all craters have deep central depressions, raised rims, and a blanket of ejected material surrounding them. ... Look for classical cratering features: basin, raised rim, ejecta blanket (material excavated from the crater and dumped around it, visible as white flour on the colored powder), and rays (material shot out at high velocity forming lines pointing directly away from the impact site). ... The material lies like a blanket around the crater. ...

... About meteorites . ... Meteoritic data . Impact Crater Smerdyachee . ... Based on Smerdyachee's depth, near circularity, and its mounded wall, and analysis by N.A. Fillin of nearby Roshal, Russia, the Estonian scientists Yu.V. Krestlane and K.H. Mella proposed in 1987 that Smerdyachee Lake is a meteorite crater. ... In 2002, the Laboratory of Meteoritics of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences explored this mysterious lake. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Site Info . ... It is from from Voyager 1 and shows a whopping big impact crater dominating the profile of the moon. Note that Mimas is about 400 kilometers across (about 250 miles). ... The wall around the crater is 5 kilometers high, and that central peak rises 6 kilometers above the surface (many impact craters have a large central peak which is caused by a pressure rebound from the impact). ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Ancient Craters of Southern Rhea . ... Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: Saturn's ragged moon Rhea has one of the oldest surfaces known. ... Like Earth's Moon , Rhea's rotation is locked on Saturn, and the above image shows part of Rhea's surface that always faces Saturn. ... The above image was taken by the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. ... Publications with keywords: Rhea - cassini spacecraft . ... Saturns Moon Epimetheus from the Cassini Spacecraft...

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