Could Pantheon Fossae Be the Result of the Apollodorus Crater-forming Impact within the Caloris Basin, Mercury?
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IMPACT WITHIN THE CALORIS BASIN, MERCURY? Andrew M. Freed 1 , Sean C. Solomon 2 , Thomas R. Watters 3 , Roger J. Phillips 4 , and Maria T. Zuber 5 , 1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, [email protected]; 2 Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA; 3 Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA; 4 Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA; 5 Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009