Solved the mystery of the
"jelly donut "found on Mars.
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 nicknamed as " jelly donut " for its peculiar appearance , similar to that of this sweet .
What surprised the 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 of two pictures taken just two weeks apart by the robot Curiosity about the same surface portion on the planet Mars.
End of mystery
NASA ended the enigma today explaining that the " jelly donut " was merely a detached from a larger rock that had moved with their wheels the robot himself, a spacecraft that inspects the surface of Mars for New Piece discoveries about the planet since August 6, 2012 .
The curious rock has been dubbed " Pinnacle Island" by scientists and " jelly donut " popularly given its resemblance to this sweet : is about four inches in diameter, is white and the center is red.
"Once we moved the robot Opportunity, after inspecting the Pinnacle Island rock , we could see directly above a given round that had the same unusual and strange looking rock. We went over - the robot . We could see traces . 's why Pinnacle Island where he came , "said Ray Arvidson member project of the University of Washington in St. Louis
"jelly donut "found on Mars.
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 nicknamed as " jelly donut " for its peculiar appearance , similar to that of this sweet .
What surprised the 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 of two pictures taken just two weeks apart by the robot Curiosity about the same surface portion on the planet Mars.
End of mystery
NASA ended the enigma today explaining that the " jelly donut " was merely a detached from a larger rock that had moved with their wheels the robot himself, a spacecraft that inspects the surface of Mars for New Piece discoveries about the planet since August 6, 2012 .
The curious rock has been dubbed " Pinnacle Island" by scientists and " jelly donut " popularly given its resemblance to this sweet : is about four inches in diameter, is white and the center is red.
"Once we moved the robot Opportunity, after inspecting the Pinnacle Island rock , we could see directly above a given round that had the same unusual and strange looking rock. We went over - the robot . We could see traces . 's why Pinnacle Island where he came , "said Ray Arvidson member project of the University of Washington in St. Louis
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