“We were really fortunate that we got this quake.”
Planetary scientists now know how thick the Martian crust is, thanks to the strongest Marsquake ever observed.That’s roughly 70 percent thicker than the average continental crust on Earth.
Not only is the crust thicker than that of the Earth and the moon, but it’s also inconsistent across the Red Planet, the team found. And that might explain a known north-south elevation difference on Mars.
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