InSight Mars Lander Detects Largest Marsquake
Recently, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that its InSight Mars lander detected the largest quake ever observed on another planet.
The rover first landed on Mars in November 2018, and has since heard 1,313 quakes.
Cause of Marsquakes
- On Earth, quakes are caused by shifts in tectonic plates. Mars, however, does not have tectonic plates, and its crust is a giant plate.
- Therefore, according to NASA, ‘marsquakes’ are caused due to stresses that cause rock fractures or faults in its crust.
About InSight Mission
- The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is a robotic ....
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