Occurrence of central peak craters on the Saturnian satellites: Implications for surface structure
β Scribed by Kent D. Trego
- Book ID
- 104627294
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-0794
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β¦ Synopsis
The presence of craters with central peaks on the ice satellites of Saturn implies that their surface elastic strength is comparable to that of the Moon, Mars, and Mercury which have central peak craters, rather than that of the Jovian ice satellites Ganymede and Callisto which do not have central peak craters.
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