Post by Mars Ancient News on Sept 20, 2015 3:53:04 GMT -5
The unusual shape of the crater, leads us to expect an elongated shaped meteor to have fallen on a lateral side;
Note the dislocated mass of terrain on the sides. It suggests a perpendicular impact;
Judging by the shape of the crater it would be expected that the meteor would have had a center of gravity closer to the right end rather than the left (in this image);
This would have made it to hit the planet surface with the heavier part first, instead of sideways, but this could be possibly justified by an uneven density distribution inside the meteor;
Similar craters exist on the planet's surface:
www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2011/02/Elongated_crater_in_high_resolution
What is indeed intriguing is the crater lip on the right side, it's interrupted;
On the surface of the terrain on the right, outside the crater, some traces of molten rock flows marks can be observed, probably resulted at the impact;
These traces are suspiciously directional, aligned to the crater's orientation, and can be distinguished for about ~7km from the crater
also quite unexpected for such a flat area.
I must admit this makes me think of a giant aircraft crashed with the thrusters still on for a while.. please check a simplified animated illustration of this.
I will also add the coordinates soon; until then please try to have some fun finding them for yourself, surely you will find more interesting stuff!
Note the dislocated mass of terrain on the sides. It suggests a perpendicular impact;
Judging by the shape of the crater it would be expected that the meteor would have had a center of gravity closer to the right end rather than the left (in this image);
This would have made it to hit the planet surface with the heavier part first, instead of sideways, but this could be possibly justified by an uneven density distribution inside the meteor;
Similar craters exist on the planet's surface:
www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2011/02/Elongated_crater_in_high_resolution
What is indeed intriguing is the crater lip on the right side, it's interrupted;
On the surface of the terrain on the right, outside the crater, some traces of molten rock flows marks can be observed, probably resulted at the impact;
These traces are suspiciously directional, aligned to the crater's orientation, and can be distinguished for about ~7km from the crater
also quite unexpected for such a flat area.
I must admit this makes me think of a giant aircraft crashed with the thrusters still on for a while.. please check a simplified animated illustration of this.
I will also add the coordinates soon; until then please try to have some fun finding them for yourself, surely you will find more interesting stuff!