Knocked Off Its Axis?
Astrobiology Magazine, based on AGU report
[
www.astrobio.net]
NOTE: This headline is somewhat inaccurate as the research
**did not** indicate that there was any connection between
the impacts creating the series of craters and the polar
wandering. Instead, it simply concluded that polar wandering
happened after the impacts occurred and development of the
Tharsis bulge. This is something that other planetologists
have previously argued. This is noted in an article, Exhibit
No 10, Part B, Fingerprints of the Gods (The Mars and Crustal
Displacement) at [
www.intersurf.com] .
Five Giant Impact Basins Reveal The Ancient Equator Of Mars
American Geophysical Union, April 19, 2005
[
www.sciencedaily.com]
Red Planet's Ancient Equator Located
Scientitfic American, April 20, 2005
[
www.sciam.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2005 08:45AM by Paul H..