(ORDO NEWS) — Chinese scientists presented the results of a study of underground geological formations of the Utopia Plain on Mars, which was collected by the Mars Rover radar (RoPeR) installed on the Zhuzhong rover.
The georadar was created to conduct research at a depth of up to one hundred meters below the surface of Mars.
The data obtained by the scientific instrument show that there are traces of impact craters at a depth of up to five meters below the surface of the planet, and traces of deposits formed as a result of floods at a depth of up to 80 meters.
Interestingly, a comparison of data obtained on Mars and earlier on the Moon (by Chinese lunar rovers) shows significant differences in the internal structure of the upper rocks.
Unlike the Red Planet, the upper regolith structure on the far side of the Moon does not hide impact craters.
This, scientists believe, is due to the lack of an atmosphere on the Moon, wind and dust movement, which protected the craters from further erosion.
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