Saturday, February 15, 2014

NASA solves mystery of 'jam donut' found on Mars - Periódico Zócalo

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Washington -. The American Space Agency (NASA) has solved the mystery of a strange rock found on Mars in late January, which seemed to come from nowhere and popularly dubbed as the “jelly donut” by its peculiar appearance, similar to that of this sweet.

What surprised scientists was not only his strange appearance, but above all, they did not find explanation for how it got there as it was only in the second two pictures taken just two weeks apart by the robot Curiosity on same surface portion on the planet Mars.

NASA on Friday ended the mystery by explaining that the enigmatic “jelly donut” was nothing more than a piece broken off of a larger rock that had moved with their wheels the robot himself, a spacecraft that inspects the surface of Mars in search of new discoveries on this planet from the August 6, 2012.

curious rock has been dubbed “Pinnacle Island” by scientists and “jam donut” popularly given its resemblance to this sweet. has about four inches in diameter, is white and its center is red

“Once we moved the robot Opportunity, after inspecting the Pinnacle Rock Island, we could see directly above a given round that had the same unusual and strange looking rock. We went over-the-robot. Pudemos see traces. Hence wine is where Pinnacle

Island, “said Ray Arvidson member project of the University of Washington in St. Louis.

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