Mars is the subject of many studies today, and images of the Red Planet that we have not seen so far continue to come from the reconnaissance instruments that continue to orbit. A new photo from NASA’s rover bears the effects of the recent impact on the surface of Mars.
Although research on the surface of Mars has been going on for many years, there is still a lot we do not know and have just discovered about the Red Planet. Exploration vehicles orbiting Mars continue to send us new information about the planet every day.
Recently, we shared with you that a flower-like formation was discovered on the surface of Mars. After the researchers’ work on this image, it was determined that the formation was a mineral formation. Today, another image recorded on the surface of Mars was found to be an explosion on the surface of Mars.
The object hitting the surface of Mars created an explosion effect
It is a fact that the surface of Mars is covered with craters, and many of these craters are gigantic in size. So far, it has been found that there are 43,000 craters on the surface of Mars, with a width of 4,000 km so far. Besides these craters Arizona has more than a quarter-million impact craters the size of the famous 1200-metre-wide Barringer Crater. is estimated. One of the most recently formed impact craters ever recorded has been recorded by NASA’s rover orbiting Mars.
After the rover discovered a ‘blackness’ on the surface of Mars and took a close-up photo, the researchers started their new investigations on this subject. The impact crater was found to be formed when an object collided with Mars between February 2006 and March 2014. However, the pit formed after the impact If the depth is greater than 5 km, it is estimated to be about 5 km.. Traces of the explosion can be clearly seen around the craters, which are thought to have formed as a result of an asteroid or meteorite impact.
The effects of impact on the Martian surface will stay there for millions of years
Although in many ways Mars is a different planet from Earth, just like Mars, Earth has many impact craters. Many of the world’s impact crater is a result of active geological activities of our planet emerges as
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Mars is not as active as Earth in this regard, but the crater-covered Red Planet is affected by geological activities at least as much as Earth. Since Mars does not have forests and seas to cover these craters, any crater formed on its surface can be seen much more easily. So the Red Planet is this new it will have to bear the imprints of the impact crater for perhaps millions of years.