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- Title
Planetary science: Forming the martian great divide.
- Authors
Kiefer, Walter S.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the geological and topographical features of the planet Mars. A planetary study on Mars reveal that it suffered a convulsion from asteroid that left a lasting hemispheric dichotomy. Mars hemispheric dichotomy show that the planet is dived, with southern highlands covering about two thirds of space, the rest is a lowland in the northern part. Impact craters from asteroids are visible in both lowlands and highlands. The location of the boundary between the the two topography may have controlled the location of Tharsis, the largest and possible longest lived volcanic region in the Solar System.
- Subjects
PLANETARY scientists; MARS (Planet); SOLAR system; ASTEROIDS; MARS probes; PLANETARY science; PLANETS; OUTER space; MARTIAN craters; MARTIAN volcanoes
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 453, Issue 7199, p1191
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/4531191a