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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: thedoc on 21/09/2016 12:23:01

Title: Are there any observations that could explain the hexagonal shaped craters on Mars?
Post by: thedoc on 21/09/2016 12:23:01

Ralph Call asked the Naked Scientists:
   Are there existing observations of physical processes that would explain the hexagonal shaped craters on Mars, Mercury, Titan and Eros?
What do you think?

Title: Re: Are there any observations that could explain the hexagonal shaped craters on Mars?
Post by: alancalverd on 21/09/2016 15:34:57

Hexagonal packing is characteristic of circular or near-circular objects (such as bee cells, chaldera and impact craters) close to one another, and also of convection cells in cooling magma - such as the Giants Causeway.