Dilly_(crater)

Dilly (crater)

Dilly (crater)

Crater on Mars

Dilly is a crater in the Elysium quadrangle of Mars, located at 13.24° North and 202.9° West. It is only 1.3 km in diameter and was named after Dilly, a town in Mali.[1]

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Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak.[2] The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact.[3]

  • Dilly crater and vicinity, as seen by CTX camera on MRO
  • Enlargement of the previous image

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Dilly (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. [2]
    "Stones, Wind, and Ice: A Guide to Martian Impact Craters".
  3. [3]
    Hugh H. Kieffer (1992). Mars. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1257-7. Retrieved 7 March 2011.


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