Pangboche (crater)
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Pangboche Crater based on THEMIS daytime image | |
| Planet | Mars |
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| Coordinates | 17°13′N 133°37′W / 17.22°N 133.62°WCoordinates: 17°13′N 133°37′W / 17.22°N 133.62°W |
| Diameter | 10 km |
| Eponym | a village in Nepal |
Pangboche Crater is a young impact crater in the Tharsis quadrangle of Mars near the summit of Olympus Mons.[1] It was named after a village in Nepal.[2] It is 10 km in diameter, and is located at 17.47° N and 133.4° W.[2] The average depth of the crater is 954 m, and the height of the crater rim varies between 80 and 240 meters.[1] Pangboche formed in young lava flows on the flank of Olympus Mons.[1] The morphology of Pangboche is very similar to that of lunar craters, likely due to the lack of volatiles in both the atmosphere and the target.[3] It lacks several features often attributed to the presence of volatiles in the target rocks, including layered ejecta and lobate flows. It is a complex crater featuring a flat floor and several terraces.[1] Pangboche is estimated to be less than 240 million years old.[1][4]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Mouginis-Mark, Peter J. (2015-01-01). "Cratering on Mars with almost no atmosphere or volatiles: Pangboche crater". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 50 (1): 51–62. doi:10.1111/maps.12400. ISSN 1945-5100.
- 1 2 "Pangboche (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov
- ↑ Osinski, Gordon R.; Tornabene, Livio L.; Grieve, Richard A. F. (2011-10-15). "Impact ejecta emplacement on terrestrial planets". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 310 (3–4): 167–181. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.012.
- ↑ Robbins, Stuart J.; Achille, Gaetano Di; Hynek, Brian M. (2011-02-01). "The volcanic history of Mars: High-resolution crater-based studies of the calderas of 20 volcanoes". Icarus. 211 (2): 1179–1203. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.012.
