* Astronomy

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: Raditladi impact basin


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Raditladi impact basin
Permalink  
 


Hollows inside the Raditladi impact basin

hollowsb.jpg
Expand (347kb, 1024 x 768)
 Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.

In a series of papers published this week in Science, NASA researchers highlighted "strange hollows" found on planet Mercury. These hollows have irregular shapes, and appear to be formed in the bright deposits excavated by meteorites which collided with the planet.
Messenger probe team is not sure what caused then, but similar features have been discovered on the Red Planet in the past.

Read more  (576kb, PDF)



__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.



Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard