Interpreting the Elliptical Crater Popul
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William F. Bottke Jr.; Stanley G. Love; David Tytell; Timothy Glotch
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Asteroids or comets striking a planetary surface at very shallow angles produce elliptical-shaped craters. According to laboratory impact experiments (D. E. Gault and J. A. Wedekind 1978, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 9th, 3843-3875), elliptical craters result from impact angles within โผ5 โข of hori