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A VERY close approach to Mars - PMSchu - 2022-10-29
It looks like Mars took one for the team in December 2021. There was a Mars quake & they just found the crater from the impact.
NASA confirms massive meteoroid behind huge Mars crater, earthquake - UPI.com
Better now than when we colonize it.
Phil S.
RE: A VERY close approach to Mars - ledge1962 - 2022-10-30
I guess they wont have to drill so deep for water now that the asteroid has done half the work for them...
RE: A VERY close approach to Mars - PMSchu - 2022-10-30
Yep, the impact blasted some chunks of ice onto the surface. It also shows that there's ice beneath the surface, so water where we didn't know that it existed. Elon will be pleased.
Phil S.
RE: A VERY close approach to Mars - bigmasterdrago - 2022-11-04
Maybe this is what to expect when rocks like 2022 UO20 hang out near Mars for too long. MPEC U393
Although the orbit is poorly refined.