- Haughton impact crater
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Impact crater — The prominent impact crater Tycho on the Moon. In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body. In most common usage,… … Wikipedia
Chesapeake Bay impact crater — Location of the crater in North America Chesapeake Bay impact crater Impact crater/structure … Wikipedia
Haughton-Mars Project — The Haughton Mars Project (HMP) is an international interdisciplinary field research project being carried out near the Haughton impact crater on Canada s northern Devon Island. Conducted jointly by SETI and the Mars Institute, the project s goal … Wikipedia
Haughton — The name Haughton (pronounced hawton ) could refer to many things or people:PlacesIn the United Kingdom*Haughton Castle, Northumberland, England *Haughton, Cheshire, England *Haughton, Greater Manchester, England *Haughton, Nottinghamshire,… … Wikipedia
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Complex crater — Impact crater structure Complex craters are a type of large impact crater morphology. Above a certain threshold size, which varies with planetary gravity, the collapse and modification of the transient cavity is much more extensive, and the… … Wikipedia
Meteor Crater — For meteorite created craters in general, see Impact crater. Barringer Crater redirects here. For the crater on the Moon, see Barringer (lunar crater). Meteor Crater Also known as Barringer Crater … Wikipedia
Chicxulub crater — Imaging from NASA s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission STS 99 reveals part of the 180 kilometer (112 mi) diameter ring of the crater; clustered around the crater s trough are numerous sinkholes, suggesting a prehistoric oceanic basin in… … Wikipedia
Odessa Meteor Crater — Coordinates: 31°45′22.02″N 102°28′44.06″W / 31.7561167°N 102.4789056°W / 31.7561167; 102.4789056 … Wikipedia