Satellites orbiting Mars crater imagery captures unique in that the red planet. Scientists believe the crater in the past been filled with water and constitute evidence that Mars had lakes contain water. The invention is characterized by the presence of a rare image of the delta in the crater, where the water flows and sediment precipitate in the form of a typical fan.
The crater was named for the delta Eberswalde crater. 65 km wide crater is now dry, but scientists believe that the crater was previously wet watery alias. The discovery was made by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the Mars Express, a satellite orbiting Mars since 2003. Scientists communicate the results of this discovery on Friday (09/02/2011) then.
In that image, it appears that the crater has a shape like a circle. In the picture above, looks crater located on the right image. The crater was formed through the process of asteroid collision that occurred 3.7 billion years ago. Similarly, the opinion of scientists such as those described in the publication last Friday Space.com.
At the top of the picture, it appears that there is a larger circle on the left. The circle is the image of Holden crater formed after the Eberswalde, also due to collisions with celestial bodies. Holden crater Pemebentukan result in a "buried" Eberswalde crater structure. Fortunately, the structure of the delta marker once the flow of water can still be seen.
Scientists decipher, the delta has an area of 115 square km. In the surrounding parts of the delta, there are strokes that indicate the channel where water flows. The existence of the crater, delta and channels where water flows into one of the supporters of the theory that Mars in the past never had water in liquid form and flows like a river on Earth.
Further research is still done. Holden and Eberswalde crater itself will become a NASA space probe landing site on Mars, Curiosity, which will be launched November 2011.
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