Nature Communications (Aug 2016)
Sesquinary catenae on the Martian satellite Phobos from reaccretion of escaping ejecta
Abstract
The origin of the numerous linear grooves and craters that litter the Martian moon Phobos' surface remains enigmatic. Here, by modelling low-velocity escaping ejecta from impacts to Phobos, the authors show that several of these chains can be explained by reimpacting sesquinary ejecta shortly after ejection.