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Rima Hyginus & Hyginus crater, Toni Adrover

Rima Hyginus & Hyginus crater

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Rima Hyginus & Hyginus crater, Toni Adrover

Rima Hyginus & Hyginus crater

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Rima Hyginus is an unusual formation with an average width of 3 km and length of 220 km.It is bisected by crater Hyginus ( 10.6 km ) which is actually a caldera of volcanic origin , so it is a non impact crater.The rille and the crater were probably formed by magma that collected under the surface, forming a lava tube which eventually collapsed forming the rille and the many dotted small craters located along it , which in fact are rimless collapse pits. To the north rimae Triesnecker and the crater of the same name are visible.Around Hyginus crater a dark pyroclastic deposit is evident.

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