Scientists deciphering the images from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft say that clusters of craters created by meteor impacts on the Red Planet are not uncommon, and most often originate from meteorites from that time
Scientists deciphering the images from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft say that clusters of craters created by meteor impacts on the Red Planet are not uncommon, and most often originate from meteorites from that time.
In one of the images we can see a triple impact crater created simultaneously when three parts of the same meteor hit the surface of Mars together. When the thing calls, overlapping craters and lines that look like walls separating the craters created side by side are actually created.
The image is part of a selection of images broadcast from a device THEMIS instrument (Thermal Emission Imaging System) that is on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. In another part of the same picture (which we see here separately) is a double crater.
However, the double crater looks different from the triple crater, and the researchers' conclusion is that these two craters were probably created in different periods. The smaller crater on the left looks older than the larger one on the right, because it also contains materials that were thrown from the large crater when it was created. The crater on the left also looks more weathered.
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