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Glossary term: 环形山

Description: 环形山是固体行星、月球或其他太空小天体表面的圆形凹陷。有些环形山是火山形成的,尤其是在地球和金星上,但大多数环形山是撞击坑,是由大型太空岩石或彗核撞击造成的。地球表面有几十个撞击坑,月球上有几千个。月球上巨大的、颜色较深的圆形地貌 “玛丽亚"就是巨大的撞击坑,形成于数十亿年前,然后被熔岩填满,之后凝固。

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小行星谷神星大致呈球形,表面呈灰色,布满陨石坑,其中一些陨石坑暴露出白色的地下水冰。

谷神星

Caption: 这是一张由“黎明号”探测器在2015年5月在13641公里的距离拍摄的小行星谷神星的真彩色图像。右侧醒目的明亮陨石坑是豪拉尼(Haulani)陨石坑,其左侧较小的亮点位于奥克索(Oxo)陨石坑的底部。来自这些撞击的喷出物似乎暴露出明亮的物质,可能是水冰。
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Justin Cowart

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