Friday, May 23, 2014

New Martian Crater

Bruce Cantor does a daily weather report for Mars.  While preparing that report recently, he found a new crater.  By going back through the images of the area taken by orbiting spacecraft, he determined the impact that created the crater occurred March 27 or 28, 2012.

The crater is 143 meters wide, making it the largest new crater yet discovered anywhere by orbiting spacecraft.

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