Oppy's baby crater (image)

LJ — 4/13/2005 9:47:41 PM (archived)

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/n/433/1N166636311EFF5400P0703R0M1.JPG

This is the smallest clearly defined crater I've seen. I would think small ones like this would get filled in/blown away sooner than large ones; any ideas of the age of this lil' guy?

Also, are the shaded areas to the left of the craterlet and also parallel to the right hand dune related to the crater on some way?

The marking to the left might be the remains of an ejection, but the ones parallel to the dune... maybe related to the way winds sometimes travel along the dune? Or just a coincidence not related to the crater?

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Oppy's baby crater (image) - LJ - 4/13/2005 9:47:41 PM
- Opportunity loses right front wheel steering motor - JimO - 4/16/2005 2:00:35 PM
  - re: Opportunity loses right front wheel steering motor - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2005 5:14:24 PM
    - Don't forget to check out some great Opportunity pancam shots today... - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2005 5:18:12 PM
- no follow-up?) - JimO - 4/14/2005 10:20:27 PM
  - re: no follow-up?) - R.L. - 4/15/2005 12:30:12 AM
    - re: no follow-up?) - dtb - 4/15/2005 1:16:43 AM
      - It's just a secondary - Gary - 4/15/2005 5:24:15 AM
        
        Check this shot out from today - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2005 3:27:25 PM
      - Maybe a rock lobbed out from a rover tire? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2005 3:44:19 AM
  - I agree! - SteveS - 4/14/2005 11:43:56 PM

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