We have put men on the moon and a robot of the size of a car on Mars.It would be easy to think that we have a lot of control over what is out there.Then one learns that there is a strange giant hexagon on Saturn, and we We realize that we do not understand half of what is happening with our closest neighbors .These mysteries of the Solar System make it clear that we will need much more robots.
5 MYSTERIES of Solar System that remain unresolved
1.The Mercury spider
When NASA's MESSENGER probe landed on Mercury in January 2011, an impact crater was photographed unlike any other we have found in the solar system.It has been nicknamed "the spider", because about 50 channels branch from the basin in all directions.
This is a true There is a mystery that suggests that some type of volcanic activity may be behind him.The structure has since received the official name "Pantheon Fossae" in honor of the hole in the dome of the Pantheon in Rome.
2.The mysterious Iapetus
Iapetus is the third largest moon of Saturn and a source of mysteries since Giovanni Cassini discovered it in 1671.
The Italian astronomer noticed that one of the hemispheres is darker than the other .In fact, the back is 10 times brighter.Another mystery of the Solar System unsolved.
3.The Vortex of Venus
A giant vortex near the South Pole of Venus behaves like a storm species without rain or lightning .It has about 1,800 kilometers of wide, 18 kilometers high, and 41 square kilometers.
Before we thought it was an oval, although sometimes it looks like an" S "or an" 8 ", often is just an irregular spot .Scientists studying have no idea what this is.
4.Miranda is a mess
Miranda is the fifth largest satellite of Uranus and the moon more strangely deformed of the Solar System.Even NASA describes it as represented Frankenstein's monster » Because it seems that the pieces do not fit together.
Its irregular distribution is extremely unusual, and scientists don't know what caused it.One theory is that the moon was hit by meteorites that caused the melted ice melted into slush that traveled through the area and froze again.
5.The mysterious points of Uranus
The Hubble and Keck telescopes discovered a dark spot on Uranus in 2006, probably caused by the eddies in the atmosphere.
But scientists are not sure.Unfortunately, they still cannot explain these spots, and surely they will have to send a probe to Uranus to understand this other mystery of our System.
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Image: University of the Basque Country
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