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by quixote218
Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:04 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Cratering on Dione question (APOD 01 August 2007)
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Cratered from behind

Seems to me that the more heavily cratered side of Dione should be the trailing side. An entity in a nearly circular orbit around something like Saturn is likely traveling at a slower speed than anything else at its orbital altitude. Anything slower and still at that altitude would be in a degrading...