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To: MtnClimber

I wonder why the majority of the impacts are in upper areas?


6 posted on 06/10/2025 1:08:50 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: CopperTop
I wonder why the majority of the impacts are in upper areas?

It is likely that the poles are colder and impacts last longer. This is ice over a water layer. There are water geysers so the middle latitude surface may get covered or get melted into the interior to erase impact craters.

7 posted on 06/10/2025 1:18:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: CopperTop

Cratered areas usually indicate the least amount of geologic activity, and therefore the oldest. In this case probably the least amount of subsurface ocean.


8 posted on 06/10/2025 1:27:58 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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