Impact craters are distributed randomly on Mars and many other celestial bodies. Their radius most likely follow an exponential distribution. By estimating the mean of the exponential distribution in question, selecting 100 random locations, and determining how many lie in (at least) one crater, you can determine the age of the celestial body. This turns out to be a very interesting mathematic…
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