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Bookmark or Share- What Is an Impact Crater? - NASA Space PlaceWhat Is an Impact Crater? An impact crater is formed when an object like an asteroid or meteorite crashes into the surface of a larger solid object like a planet or a moon. To form a true impact crater, this object needs to be traveling extremely fast—many thousands of miles per hour!
- Crater - WikipediaSeveral smaller craters can be seen in and around Webb. A crater is a landform consisting of a hole or depression on a planetary surface, usually caused either by an object hitting the surface, or by geological activity on the planet.
- 10 Earth impact craters you must see | SpaceEarth impact craters are unique tourist destinations. Here are some striking craters you can visit in person or from the comfort of your home with Google Earth.
- Shaping the Planets: Impact Cratering - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)What are craters? Craters are roughly circular, excavated holes made by impact events. The circular shape is due to material flying out in all directions as a result of the explosion upon impact, not a result of the impactor having a circular shape (almost no impactors are spherical).
- Impact crater - WikipediaImpact craters are the dominant geographic features on many solid Solar System objects including the Moon, Mercury, Callisto, Ganymede, and most small moons and asteroids.
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