Rover finds strange rock on Mars surface

[Judi Lynn]

Rover finds strange rock on Mars surface
By Mike Moffitt, San Francisco Chronicle Updated 2:51 pm, Thursday, January 19, 2017





There's no end to the earthly items that Red Planet UFO enthusiasts have "discovered" on Mars — a snake, a coffin, traffic light, cat, lizard, even a sasquatch, just to name a few.

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But, as Live Science reports, one rock that has piqued scientists' interest is a unusual dark-gray object that seems out of place with the rest of the reddish rock and dirt spread across the Martian landscape. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity photographed the rock on Jan. 12.

The scientists are so intrigued with the sharp-edged stone that they have given it a name — Ames Knob. Results from Curiosity's laser-firing spectrometer, a.k.a. ChemCam, suggest its composition to be iron and nickel, commonly found in meteorites.


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http://www.chron.com/science/article/Rover-finds-strange-rock-on-Mars-surface-10869239.php

[ret5hd]

1. My guess: Klingon helmet.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R ...... nt

[Quackers]

3. The sharp edges remind of some meteorite

The composition seems consistent too.

[cstanleytech]

5. Aye, I'm thinking meteor that impacted and whos impact crater simply eroded away over time. nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. That's my guess too. Winds covering the impact...

and also uncovering the rock later.

It's certainly weird to see that rock there!

[cstanleytech]

7. I'll bet if we could investigate the oceans on earth better we would find a ton of similar meteors.

[hunter]

4. It's a martian hermit crab. It's hiding in its shell waiting for the rover to go away.

You'd hide in your shell too if someone shot a laser at you.