Recent remote sensing analyses and field studies have shown that Bajada del Diablo, in Argentina, is a new crater-strewn field. Bajada del Diablo is located in a remote area of Chubut Province, Patagonia. This amazing ...

Impact craters help scientists to understand the geological history of planetary bodies. The aim of this paper is to improve the existing methodology for impact craters detection in images of planetary surfaces using a new ...

The recent Carancas meteorite impact event caused a worldwide sensation. An H4–5 chondrite struck the Earth south of Lake Titicaca in Peru on September 15, 2007, and formed a crater 14.2 m across. It is the smallest, ...

Impact craters are the most studied structures in planetary sciences, due to the large amount of information that they can provide about the history, geology and physical processes of a planet. The need for investigations ...

We present molecular-dynamics simulations of cratering induced by projectiles containing N ∼= 10–106 atoms in the velocity regime of 1–70 km/s. Self-bombardment of a condensed Ar and a Cu target are studied. We corroborate ...

Impact of energetic nanoparticles on solids produces craters on the surface. We use molecular dynamics simulations to compare crater production on a compact Au solid with that in a porous (foam) target. Our results show a ...

En el origen y evolución temprana del Sistema Solar, las colisiones, fragmentación y agregación de cuerpos de diferentes tamaños fueron el proceso que permitió la formación de planetesimales, satélites y planetas. Los ...