Deimos Encounter by Viking: Preliminary Imaging Results
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4358), 812-814
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.201.4358.812
Abstract
Recent close flybys of Deimos by Viking revealed a smooth-appearing surface void of grooves. Higher-resolution pictures showed that the surface was actually covered with craters but that a regolith filled the smaller craters, giving the smooth appearance. The surface was also covered with boulders and bright streak-like markings analogous to base-surge or ejecta cloud deposits.Keywords
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