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Mars North Polar Basin, A really big impact basin?
Juramike
post Jun 25 2008, 08:03 PM
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Recent articles coming out in Nature, reported in space.com:

"Huge Impact Created Mars Split Personality"

So, technically (and theoretically), all three operating landers are currently sitting in impact basins.

Spirit - Gusev
Oppy - Victoria
Phoenix - North Polar (putative) impact basin

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post Jun 30 2008, 02:18 AM
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Yep.

If'n I needs a word, I jes cobbles me one together.
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- Juramike   Mars North Polar Basin   Jun 25 2008, 08:03 PM
- - DDAVIS   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 25 2008, 09:03 PM) ...   Jun 25 2008, 09:24 PM
- - tasp   Just musing here; With such a big impactor (~Plut...   Jun 25 2008, 11:37 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 25 2008, 07:37 PM) With...   Jun 26 2008, 05:27 PM
|- - tasp   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jun 26 2008, 12:27 PM...   Jun 26 2008, 05:50 PM
- - tasp   If no one else has yet done so, may I propose a na...   Jun 25 2008, 11:47 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 25 2008, 11:47 PM) Redi...   Jun 26 2008, 02:29 AM
- - nprev   Hmm. Okay, if this hypothesis is accepted, can any...   Jun 26 2008, 12:01 AM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 25 2008, 07:01 PM) An ...   Jun 26 2008, 01:22 AM
- - tasp   "I crown" seems even more appropo. Wow,...   Jun 26 2008, 04:18 AM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 25 2008, 11:18 PM) ...   Jun 26 2008, 04:51 AM
- - Juramike   New scientist article here. And a YouTube video o...   Jun 26 2008, 11:35 AM
- - tasp   Pondering the circumstances of this impact some mo...   Jun 29 2008, 01:13 AM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 29 2008, 02:13 AM) enmo...   Jun 29 2008, 06:33 PM
- - edstrick   One explanation for why oxygen isotopes of earth a...   Jun 29 2008, 09:02 AM
- - tasp   Yep. If'n I needs a word, I jes cobbles me on...   Jun 30 2008, 02:18 AM

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