impact structure
C5317
concept
An impact structure is a geological formation created by the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid, or comet with a planetary surface, typically characterized by a crater and associated deformation features.
Aliases (2)
- impact crater ×5
- lunar impact crater ×5
Instances (11)
- Vredefort Dome
- Gagarin crater on the Moon ("lunar impact crater")
- Chicxulub impact crater ("impact crater")
- Sally Ride (Lunar Crater) ("lunar impact crater")
- Schwarzschild crater ("lunar impact crater")
- Kepler (lunar crater) ("lunar impact crater")
- Kepler (Martian crater) ("impact crater")
- Gale Crater ("impact crater")
- Jezero Crater ("impact crater")
- Ernst Mach crater ("lunar impact crater")
- Baade lunar crater ("impact crater")