ejecta blanket

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ejecta blanket

A deposit of ejecta from a crater or basin, the thickness of which decreases with distance from the crater or basin rim. The surface may exhibit transverse dunes, radial furrows, and secondary craters.

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While most of Nix is a neutral white, the crater and its ejecta blanket (the material thrown out by the crater) appear to be a much redder material.

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(2002) found that, in places, the sandy ejecta blanket is divided into two different parts.

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Originally, the location was unknown, but LRO scientists discovered the small depression it made near the crater Sundman V in the Orientale Basin ejecta blanket. In fact, if you can see the large crater Einstein when libration along the western limb is good, the region beyond--almost visible--is the resting place for LADEE.

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The ejecta blanket emanating from the deep crater in the middle of the image shows evidence for volatiles, possibly water ice, while the main crater rim to the top (south) of the image shows evidence for so-called "mass wasting".

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But far more noteworthy is the shape of the resulting ejecta blanket. A dramatic example is Proclus (L12 in the Lunar 100), a crater 28 kilometers (17 miles) wide just west of Mare Crisium.

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On the far left side of the image, parts of an ejecta blanket can be seen, made of material excavated from the ground during the formation of an impact crater.