Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Sesquinary catenae on the Martian satellite Phobos from reaccretion of escaping ejecta

  • M. Nayak,
  • E. Asphaug

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12591
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.