Asymmetrical distribution of rayed craters on the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 315-323

  Morota, Tomokatsu ^a   Furumoto, Muneyoshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cratering rate; Moon; NEAs; Rayed crater

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CRATER; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0037441811     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01111-1     Document Type: Article

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