Description: Uma cratera de impacto é uma depressão na superfície de um planeta, lua ou outro corpo sólido menor do Sistema Solar. As crateras de impacto são formadas por um impacto de um corpo menor (meteorito) em alta velocidade. A Lua está repleta de crateras de impacto devido à sua falta de atmosfera. A atmosfera espessa da Terra impede que muitos meteoritos cheguem ao solo. Um exemplo de cratera de impacto na Terra é a Cratera do Meteoro no Arizona, EUA.

Related Terms:

• Crater

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