[meteorite-list] Simultaneous Impact Double Crater Possibly Found on Mars

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:56:46 -0600
Message-ID: <20110305235646.MUQLG.480730.imail_at_eastrmwml43>

Mars meteorite craters: Make mine a double by Ian O'Neill
Discovery News, February 28, 2011
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41836713/ns/technology_and_science-discoverycom/

"It is believed that one object split right before slamming
into the planet."

Conjoined Twins (ESP_020894_1395) y Alfred McEwen,
HiRISE Operations Center, Tucson, Arizona 85721
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_020894_1395

Image of double crater at:
http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/ESP/ORB_020800_020899/ESP_020894_1395/ESP_020894_1395_RED.abrowse.jpg

"This image shows a remarkable double crater with a
shared rim and North-South trending ejecta deposits.
These two craters must have formed simultaneously."

Photo: Double meteor craters on Mars, Seattle Post
Intelligencer, Feb 28, 2011?
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/02/28/photo-double-meteor-craters-on-mars/

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Sat 05 Mar 2011 11:56:46 PM PST