120928 MarsMeteorite SBAG Singer

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Linear Accelerator on Mars: Source of Mars Meteorites (M-M)? S. Fred Singer (University of Virginia and SEPP). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Linear Accelerator on Mars: Source of Mars Meteorites (M-M)?S. Fred Singer (University of Virginia and SEPP)

How can a M-M survive high acceleration without being crushed and destroyed? By achieving the necessary del-vee over a longer time with reduced acceleration. Impact crater (just south of Huygens Basin) 78 km long, 10-25 km wide, 2 km deep, may have been produced by glancing impact of a rubble pile (see details in pix).