Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Scientist's work may provide answer to martian mountain mystery

01/17/2018 03:41 PM EST

Gale Crater digital elevation model

By seeing which way the wind blows, a University of Texas at Dallas fluid dynamics expert has helped propose a solution to a Martian mountain mystery. Dr. William Anderson, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, co-authored a paper published in the journal Physical Review E that explains the common Martian phenomenon of a mountain positioned downwind from the center of an ancient meteorite impact zone.


Full story at http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2018/1/8-32793_Scientists-Work-May-Provide-Answer-to-Martian-Moun_story-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsHomePage

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University of Texas at Dallas


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