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- Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
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mercury spider craters
I think the older and much larger first crater formed by an impact had left a depression that filled up with liquid.When the second impact hit it splashed the liquid. The splashed liquid that went higher above the surface of mercury gelled before landing which caused the ununiformed ridges.Also I th...