NASA Orbiter Finds New Crater On Mars
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The explosion was caused by intense friction between an incoming asteroid and the planet's atmosphere. This series of events can be likened to the
Scientist Bruce Cantor noticed an inconspicuous dark dot near the equator in one of the images about two months ago. Cantor was doing his usual weather monitoring work when he saw the black dot. He said that the dot looked usual, with rays emanating from a central spot.
Cantor began examining earlier images. He also checked other images from about 40 different dates, and pinned down the date the impact event occurred. He finally reached the conclusion that the spot was not visible till March 27, 2012, and then appeared suddenly before the daily imaging on March 28.
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The Martian crater is slightly elongated and spans 159 ft/143 ft.
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