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Title: Mars Craters Defy Conventional Logic
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rense.com
URL Source: http://www.rense.com/general67/marscratersdefycon.htm
Published: Aug 19, 2005
Author: Mel Acheson
Post Date: 2005-08-19 08:39:45 by Grumble Jones
Keywords: Conventional, Craters, Logic
Views: 273
Comments: 4
The First Law of Modern Astronomy is: Thou shalt not ask questions that cast doubt on accepted theory. In the case of this image of craters on Mars, the accepted theory is the impact origin of craters. The image is interpreted in light of the theory, no questions asked, in the accompanying caption: "[T]hree aligned meteor impact craters on the floor of a much larger crater in the Noachis Terra region. The craters may have formed together from a single event in which the impactor (the meteor) was broken into three pieces". A single event is required because there is no rubble on the floors of the craters from the adjacent impacts. The blast forces would have had to act simultaneously to displace laterally the ejecta situated between the impacts. But the only imaginable way to get three craters in a single event is to have the impactor break into three pieces. And then the problem returns to the first observation of three aligned craters: It is unlikely that a meteor breaking up under the forces of heat and shock in the atmosphere will produce pieces that travel abreast to the surface. The theory has bitten itself on the ankle and is hobbling around in a circle. Coincidences do happen. But if this explanation of simultaneity is to have any generality beyond this one case, coincidence is stretched to credulity in the many cases of chains of craters numbering far beyond three. (See Crater Chains) The Electric Universe asks if these aligned craters might be better explained as electrical discharge scars. An electric arc impinging on a surface will "machine" out a circular hole, much like a router bit. The bottom will be fairly flat; the sides will be steep; the removed material will be lifted away, leaving a clean excavation. Especially with a moving electrode, the discharge channel will tend to "jump" along the line of motion, leaving a linear series of craters. Because the debris is lifted from the surface, subsequent craters will not throw debris into previous ones. (See Craters in the Lab) Poster Comment: 
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#2. To: Grumble Jones (#0)
The author should scrutinize our own Moon a bit more. There are plenty of cases of similar or even more bizarre crater phenomena, though perhaps more ancient. Here is a source of great freeware about the moon: Virtual Moon Atlas http://www.astrosurf.com/avl/UK_index.html
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