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Biggest comet in solar system hit Mars

posted June 26, 2008 - 3:07am
Biggest comet in solar system hit Mars

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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You silly!

LadyKenai - Sat, 2008-5-7 7:13 am
It had already hit mars! not us :) *Treat others as if they were you* View my profile page here: http://www.xomba.com/user/ladykenai

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So that's it then

Martin123 - Sat, 2008-5-7 5:55 am
"So that's it then? We're all going to die?"-- Arthur Dent

interesting article

asif2008 - Sat, 2008-5-7 5:22 am
interesting article.............. "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero" --Tyler Durden my blog: http://metalatem.blogspot.com

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YES ... hehe

LadyKenai - Thu, 2008-26-6 10:09 am
The scary thing is...it could happen at anytime, not to alarm anyone :) or something coming from the same direction of the sun ..... *Treat others as if they were you* View my profile page here: http://www.xomba.com/user/ladykenai

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fascinating

champagnedreams - Thu, 2008-26-6 4:12 am
imagine if a comet hit the earth....ugh

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