Largest recent impact craters on Mars: Orbital imaging and surface seismic co-investigation
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Researchers have discovered that two seismic events detected by NASA's InSight lander were caused by meteor impacts, sending surface waves across the planet. These collisions provide valuable information about Mars' interior structure, with one study finding a denser crust than previously inferred.
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- *Free* Martian meteor impact produces a seismic event that reveals new details on Mars’ interior American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Oct 27, 2022 · first to report
- Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars Institut de physique du globe de Paris · Oct 27, 2022
- What seismic waves reveal about Martian crust? ETH Zurich · Oct 27, 2022