The South Pole–Aitken basin (SPA Basin, / ˈ eɪ t k ɪ n /) is an immense impact crater on the far side of the Moon. At roughly 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and between 6.2 and 8.2 km …

1 day ago · The Solar System HiRISE Views Impact Crater Matching InSight’s Seismic Data An impact crater in Cerberus Fossae, a seismically active region of the Red Planet, captured by …

Jun 26, 2008 · A giant northern basin that covers about 40 percent of Mars' surface, sometimes called the Borealis basin, is the remains of a colossal impact early in the solar system's …

May 10, 2010 · With a diameter of about 1,400 miles and a depth reaching the lowest elevations on Mars, Hellas is one of the largest impact craters in the solar system. The area has a …

Caloris is one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System, and MESSENGER's orbital observations will provide much more data for this impressive geologic feature, including high …

This image shows details of the Caloris basin, one of the largest impact basins in the solar system. Caloris was discovered in 1974 from the Mariner 10 images, but when Mariner 10 flew …

Hellas is the fourth- or fifth-largest known impact crater in the Solar System. The basin floor is about 7,152 m (23,465 ft) deep, 3,000 m (9,800 ft) deeper than the Moon's South Pole-Aitken …

The largest confirmed impact basin in the Solar System is the South Pole-Aitken Basin, located on the Moon. This colossal impact structure is typically described as a broadly circular structure …

Feb 4, 2025 · The South Pole–Aitken Basin in theory represents the oldest record of the most massive impacts in the Earth-Moon system. Determining the basin’s age would tell scientists …

Feb 5, 2025 · She will do so in the Aitken Basin at the lunar south pole, a region never explored by humans and which is one of the largest known impact craters in the entire solar system. …

Feb 4, 2025 · Schrödinger impact basin. Orbital view of the Schrödinger peak-ring impact basin and two radiating canyons carved by impact ejecta. Credit: NASA/SVS/Ernest T. Wright. The …

Jun 25, 2008 · The giant basin that covers about 40 percent of the surface of Mars, sometimes called the Borealis Basin, is actually the remains of a colossal impact very early in the solar …

3 hours ago · A 2023 NASA report says the very biggest asteroids like the one that killed the dinosaurs are few and far between and the space agency thinks all of them have been …

Caloris Planitia / k ə ˈ l ɔːr ɪ s p l ə ˈ n ɪ ʃ (i) ə / is a plain within a large impact basin on Mercury, informally named Caloris, about 1,550 km (960 mi) in diameter. [1] It is one of the largest …

46 minutes ago · This is a global view to show the entirety of the South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA), the largest and oldest impact crater on the Moon. For geographic context, the letters label …

Jun 11, 2019 · The South Pole-Aitken basin, shown here in shades of blue, is the oldest and largest known impact basin in the solar system, spanning some 1,550 miles. The massive find …

Apr 17, 2007 · An enormous impact basin located near the lunar south pole may have caused the Moon to roll over early in its history, new research suggests. The biggest, deepest impact …

Rembrandt is a large impact crater on Mercury. [1] With a diameter of 716 km it is the second-largest impact basin on the planet, after Caloris, [2] and is one of the larger craters in the Solar …

Sep 23, 2023 · Utopia, is the largest recognized impact basin on Mars and in the Solar System with an estimated diameter of 3300 km. It is the Martian region where the Viking 2 lander …

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Utopia Planitia (Greek and Latin: "Utopia Land Plain") is a large plain [2] within Utopia, the largest recognized impact basin on Mars [a] and in the Solar System with an estimated diameter of …

While these impact melts have been commonly attributed to having been derived from the closest basin, it has been argued that a large portion of these might instead be derived from the …