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Couldnt it have been wind? or is the whether on mars really calm.
by aeon10 13y ago
Couldnt it have been wind? or is the whether on mars really calm.
- ksmiley 13y agoMars does have wind. In fact, dust storms have been known to last for weeks and encompass nearly the entire planet. However, I don't think the wind is a likely culprit. If the wind was strong enough to knock over a rock, it would also be strong enough to blow a lot of dust around. That would be very noticeable to anyone watching the rover's feed, and would surely have been mentioned in the article.
- cjensen 13y agoThe atmosphere is very thin, so even a fast wind doesn't push much.
- m3mnoch 13y agoprobably not since all the other rocks (many an order of magnitude smaller) are still in their same places.