Chance to see a major asteroid impact. On Mars.

[insane_alien]

link.

 

1 in 75 chance mars gets a heavenly slap on the 30th of january. should be interesting. maybe expose some underground ice?

[Reaper]

It might even expose an underground water source...

[insane_alien]

psst. thats what under ground ice is. it won't be warm enough till the asteroid strikes for it to be liquid.

[Reaper]

psst. thats what under ground ice is. it won't be warm enough till the asteroid strikes for it to be liquid.

 

I meant liquid water, sorry if that wasn't clear.

[insane_alien]

i know you did.

 

and i'm telling you that it would be solid(ice) till the asteroid hit to heat it up.

[Science]

I'm pretty excited about seeing this if it happens. The chanes of an impact will get higher early next month once they have a better grasp on its trajectory.

[spikerz66]

this is an absolutly amazing opportunity I appreciate you guys telling me this as I now have to reserve the telescopes at my college! Merry Christmas all!!!

[Kedas]

If they don't know yet if it will impact mars then a close fly by could change the orbit of it so it is on track to make a collision with an other object, maybe earth in 2011.

[bombus]

The Martians will zap it first with their ray guns.

[Kedas]

The Martians will zap it first with their ray guns.

 

no impact:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news156.html

 

They must have used their gravity beam ;-)