Thursday, May 16, 2013

Mars Attacks 200 asteroids every year - the Russian newspaper

NASA scientists have calculated that Mars is going through more than 200 “asteroid attacks” in the year. Experts found out about it thanks to photographs taken with the probe MRO, where the pictures of Mars in 2006. On the probe set is the most powerful on the low Mars orbit camera.

comparing images of the same region, made in different years, experts have found 248 fresh craters, RIA Novosti reported with reference to NASA. As it turned out, the smallest of them (the size of about 4 meters) appeared after the fall of the asteroid with a diameter less than 1.2 meters. To the surface of the Earth such objects simply do not reach, as are burned in atmfosfere planet. However, very thin atmosphere of Mars does not allow to stop uninvited “guests”.

meteorite that fell in the Chelyabinsk region, 10 times more asteroids have left fresh tracks on Mars, experts say.

estimated by NASA to Mars every year gets about 200 fragments of asteroids and planets – this figure is different from previous estimates, which were 3-10 times higher than his.

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