Impact Crater

+An **impact crater** is a bowl-shaped depression on a planetary surface, formed by the high-velocity strike of a smaller body like a [Meteorite](/wiki/meteorite) or [Asteroid](/wiki/asteroid). These ancient scars mark the history of collisions across our solar system, found on worlds from the [Moon](/wiki/moon) to Mars.

+## See also

+- [Geology](/wiki/geology)

+- [Comet](/wiki/comet)

+- [Planetary Science](/wiki/planetary_science)