Largest Methane Spike Ever, Curiosity Rover to Examine it Further |
Largest Methane Spike Ever, Curiosity Rover to Examine it Further |
Jun 22 2019, 05:09 PM
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It's been reported today that a release of methane on Mars, three times larger than ever detected before, was discovered on Wednesday. On Friday the Curiosity rover had its plans altered, in order to concentrate on this phenomenon, it's said. Preliminary results of this investigation are expected on Monday. Further information is available in the article, linked below:
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Jun 23 2019, 11:58 PM
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Similar attempts to correlate presumed methan spikes with meteor showers have been attempted or suggested before, see for instance the two articles
- A cometary origin for martianatmospheric methane: QUOTE The areal extent of meteor showers is in agreement with the areal extent observed for martian methane plumes. Meteor showers typically peak over a course of hours, depositing material onto an area that can be sub-hemispherical in extent (Jenniskens, 1995), which is in agreement with the size of the Mumma et al. (2009) plume. - TESTING THE MARTIAN METHANE FROM COMETARY DEBRIS HYPOTHESIS: THE UNUSUALLYCLOSE 24 JAN 2018 INTERACTION BETWEEN COMET C/2007 H2 (SKIFF) AND MARS. And there is a long list of candidate small bodies. So, I was wondering, why this approach doesn't appear to be mentioned in the article linked to in post #1 of this thread. A possible reason would be an analysis that escaped my notice. |
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