The image above shows a section of the central peak of Verdi, which has been altered by (you guessed it!) hollows. Some hollows seem to form preferentially on central peaks, indicating that their formation may be related to instabilities in material that originally resided at a greater depth. Central peaks host some of the deepest material brought
The image above shows a section of the central peak of Verdi, which has been altered by (you guessed it!) hollows. Some hollows seem to form preferentially on central peaks, indicating that their formation may be related to instabilities in material that originally resided at a greater depth. Central peaks host some of the deepest material brought up by impact events and can tell us a lot about what lies beneath the surface.
Date acquired: April 06, 2013Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington