{"id":22099,"date":"2022-10-28T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-discovers-largest-fresh-meteoroid-impact-on-mars-in-16-years\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T12:08:08","slug":"nasa-discovers-largest-fresh-meteoroid-impact-on-mars-in-16-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-discovers-largest-fresh-meteoroid-impact-on-mars-in-16-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA discovers largest fresh meteoroid impact on Mars in 16 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Technological collaboration made this discovery possible<\/h2>\n

NASA scientists weren\u2019t able to determine that a meteoroid caused last year\u2019s marsquake solely using the data collected by the InSight lander; the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) played a crucial role as well. Later, after detecting the marsquake, the MRO photographed a new, rather large crater left by a meteoroid strike. Using this new data from the MRO, NASA was able to conclude that the meteoroid impact was the cause of the marsquake detected by the InSight lander earlier on.<\/p>\n

One of the many instruments the MRO has onboard is the Mars Color Imager (MARCI), which constructs daily maps of Mars in its entirety. This instrument is what first showed the fresh impact zone that caught scientists\u2019 attention, as the impact was not previously present. It allowed NASA to crosscheck the seismic data collected by the InSight lander.<\/p>\n

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