Biggest comet in solar system hit Mars


Biggest comet in solar system hit Mars

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A GIANT crater made by an asteroid or comet explains why Mars is so lopsided, with a basin on one hemisphere and high terrain on the other, three separate teams of scientists said.

The impact gouged out a hole 5200 miles (8500 km) across and 6500 miles (10,600 km) long - the size of the combined areas of Asia, Europe and Australia, the researchers reported in the journal Nature.

It would be the largest impact yet found in the solar system.


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user-icon Submitted by LadyKenai on Thu, 2008-06-26 03:07.

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fascinating
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Submitted by champagnedreams on Thu, 2008-06-26 03:12.

imagine if a comet hit the earth....ugh



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YES ... hehe
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Submitted by LadyKenai on Thu, 2008-06-26 09:09.

The scary thing is...it could happen at anytime, not to alarm anyone :) or something coming from the same direction of the sun .....

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interesting article
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Submitted by asif2008 on Sat, 2008-07-05 04:22.

interesting article..............

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So that's it then
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Submitted by Martin123 on Sat, 2008-07-05 04:55.

"So that's it then? We're all going to die?"-- Arthur Dent



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You silly!
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Submitted by LadyKenai on Sat, 2008-07-05 06:13.

It had already hit mars! not us :)

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