The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared an astonishingly detailed image of one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System on Mars. With a diameter of 1,430 miles (2,300 km) and a depth of over 4.3 miles (7 km), it is believed to have formed between 3.8 billion and 4.1 billion years ago after a large asteroid collided on the surface of Mars. . Since its formation, Hell’s shape has been modified by the action of wind, ice, water, and volcanic activity on the Red Planet. The images shared by ESA were captured by the Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) camera mounted on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), a joint project of ESA and the Russian Roscosmos space agency.
The basin is placed in the southern highlands of Mars planet But how it was formed is still an enigma. Several theories have been attributed to its origin, including salt diffraction, or the viscous deformation of ice and sediment. esa Feather instagram.
Sharing the wider image, which was captured on May 9 this year, the agency said, “The winding nature of the landscape creates a sense of flow.”
The ExoMars TGO is studying methane and other rare gases in the Martian atmosphere, and aims to look at potential landing sites for future missions, including ESA and Roscomos’ Mars mission scheduled to launch next year. The mission was earlier scheduled to launch in 2020, but the agencies Postponed This due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to esaThe Hellas Basin is located in the southern hemisphere of Mars. It really is a huge impact crater.
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