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Triple-Crater in Elysium Planitia
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Triple-Crater in Elysium Planitia

NASA / JPL · 2015-01-22 · photograph (digital archive)

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This image from NASA Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a triple impact crater in Elysium Planitia near Tartarus Montes, which probably formed when a binary-or even triple-asteroid struck the surface.

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Credit lineTriple-Crater in Elysium Planitia. NASA/JPL, 2015-01-22. Public domain. ID: PIA19138.
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