The meteor hit Mars, creating a hole 150 meters wide and 21 meters deep, which was photographed by a NASA probe from the surface and orbit of Mars.
Scientists published a research report in the journal ‘Science’ published on 27 stating that a series of meteors hit Mars last year, with shock waves reaching thousands of miles. humans have “seen” such a scene on the surface of a planet other than Earth.
Between the two collisions, the larger one also knocked out a bulldozer-sized ice cube, which was sprayed into the air at a height of 40 kilometers. There are also ice cubes of different sizes around the pit. that will help humanity understand that future astronauts will be in the air What natural resources are available on Mars.
The “Insight” surface probe measured shock waves and the “Mars Reconnaissance” orbiter captured high-fidelity images of large craters that have been eliminated on Mars.
Being able to photograph the crater is already impressive and measuring the aftermath of the impact earthquake, said Liliya Posiolova, co-author of the report and researcher at Marin Space Science Systems in San Diego, “we were lucky.”
The Martian atmosphere is thin, not thick like Earth’s, enough to allow many meteors or meteorites rushing to Earth to burn, shrink and act as a “brake”.
Another report last month, also using data provided by the two probes, claimed that another smaller meteorite had recently hit Mars, knocking out craters of various sizes, some near the Insight.
These meteorites, with a diameter of between 5 and 12 meters, knocked out earthquakes of magnitude 4.
The Insight’s batteries are dying because the solar panels are obscured by Martian dust, reducing their power generation efficiency. It landed on the equatorial plain of Mars in 2018 and has so far recorded 1,300 Martian “earthquakes”.
Bruce Banerdt, chief spacecraft scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said ground controllers will lose contact with InSight. “It would be a heartbreaking time. The data on Earth is enough to keep us busy for many years.”
Bennold estimates that the Insight’s battery will last another four to eight weeks.
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