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craterlet
[krey-ter-lit]
Word History and Origins
Origin of craterlet1
Example Sentences
“It’s just a question of whether Ladee made a localized craterlet on a hillside or scattered debris across a flat area. It will be interesting to see what kind of feature Ladee has created.”
By the passage of the water, some part of the fissures was often enlarged into a round hole of considerable size, ending in a craterlet at the surface.
There is a bright little isolated mountain on the plain E. of the formation, and a conspicuous craterlet on the N.W.
There is a craterlet on the S. rim and a central crater in the interior.
At a peak on the N.E., the wall attains a height of nearly 12,000 feet, but sinks to a little more than a third of this height on the E. It is apparently loftiest on the N. The most conspicuous of the many craters upon it is the bright deep circular depression E. on the S. wall, and another, rather larger and less regular, on the N.W., which has a very low rim on the side facing the floor, and a craterlet on either side of the apparent gap.
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