Cratering and Crater Calculations: An Infographic

Yeah... In case you haven't noticed, we don't exactly have a place where we keep stuff on cratering. We've just been pulling this sort of stuff from pre-existing calculations and that was that. So... I went out of my way to borrow stuff... Both from the page we've been using and from two other articles on impact cratering.:


While I wouldn't be sure on using a .com site as a reference, the copyright info did say "NASA," so there's that... But anyway, I devised a chart on crater depths and how they would look:

You may have noticed that I have all sorts of things here. Well, think about it. Chances are authors didn't really think about what NASA had to say about craters, so there's a possibility that certain craters will turn out deeper than what NASA says they are, and even some Omnidroid-looking hemisphere crater is entirely be possible in fiction, like the typical "ball craters a wall" feat and such.

So... Yeah, I hereby submit this chart for Calc Group approval and maybe an official Calculations article on it if we have to.

Following.

Though, quick question: Should there not be 2 "standard assumptions", one for simple craters and one for complex craters? Or do both fall back on the 13% of the diameter in either cases?

Wonder how we'd determine depth for where only the radius is mentioned and no mention of depth, like some novels or shit. Do we take the average of all the values?

Either way, thanks for finally finding the link. Was looking for it everywhere.

@M3X_2.0 @Mr. Bambu @DontTalkDT @SeijiSetto @Migue79 @DMUA @Dalesean027 @Therefir @Executor_N0 Your input here would be appreciated.

KLOL506 said:

Wonder how we'd determine depth for where only the radius is mentioned and no mention of depth, like some novels or shit. Do we take the average of all the values?

Either way, thanks for finally finding the link. Was looking for it everywhere.

@M3X_2.0 @Mr. Bambu @DontTalkDT @SeijiSetto @Migue79 @DMUA @Dalesean027 @Therefir @Executor_N0 Your input here would be appreciated.

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I mean, that's easy enough. The standard wiki assumption came from the lower end of the first article linked. Wouldn't work for stuff like craters in walls, though.

That said, 13% of the diameter is also 26% of the radius, so take that for what you will.