Identification of the first Martian meteor

Details Identification of the first Martian meteor Identification of the first Martian meteor

Aug 2006

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Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Oostmalle, Belgium, 15-18 September, 2005 Edt.: Bastiaens, L., Verbert, J.,

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We present here the first detection of a meteor in the Martian atmosphere. The event occurred on March 7th, 2004 and was detected by the rover Spirit (NASA/JPL). The orientation of the streak makes it most likely to come from comet 114P/Wisemann-Skiff. The possibility that it came from the Viking Orbiter spacecraft is ruled out by the light curve. These results form the basis of the study of Martian meteor showers.

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