Giant impact basins trace the ancient equator of Mars

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Apr 2005

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Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 110, Issue E4, CiteID E04012

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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Impact Phenomena, Cratering (6022, 8136)

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It is shown in this paper that five giant impact basins of Mars, Argyre, Hellas, Isidis, Thaumasia, and Utopia, are located on a single great circle. This suggests that the projectiles' orbital planes coincided with the equator of Mars at the time of impact. The projectiles were larger fragments of a heliocentric asteroid that broke apart as it entered the Roche limit of Mars. The mass of the asteroid was at least ~9.8 × 1020 kg, ~1.5 × 10-3 times the mass of Mars.

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