The expected frequency of doublet craters
Abstract
The observed abundances of doublet craters do not necessarily indicate a nonrandom process. Previous studies maintained that planetary surfaces have more doublet craters than would result from randomly located impacts. A new probabilistic calculation and more realistic Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate that the expected and observed number of doublet craters do not differ significantly.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- May 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(78)90170-7
- Bibcode:
- 1978Icar...34..324W
- Keywords:
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- Craters;
- Planetary Surfaces;
- Probability Theory;
- Mathematical Models;
- Monte Carlo Method;
- CRATERS;
- CRATER DOUBLETS;
- FORMATION OF;
- IMPACTS;
- CRATER DENSITY