Saturn's Enceladus - Tuesday Sept 6 2005
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Saturn's Enceladus - Tuesday Sept 6 2005
Why are there no craters on the left half of the moon? There seems to be a very distinct line between the cratered area on the right and the un-cratered area on the left. Shouldn't there be a gradual reduction in the cratering?
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Exactly what all the fuss is about - it means (most probably) that something is shaping the surface i.e. volcanism. This is why there's currently so much fuss being made about the so called 'Tiger stripes'.
I'm an Astrophysics Graduate from Keele University, England - doesn't mean I know anything but I might be able to help!
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Reference BMAONE23’s comment:
If the moon has one side always facing the planet, wouldn’t the craters on the edge of the moon’s profile which faced out into space, be elongated due to the angle at which the objects would strike the moons’ surface. Although I assume that some objects may also come in at a tangent to the planet and impact the moon directly which would result in some round craters on the "edge" of the profile presented to space. Comments?
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