Huge holes where the ground suddenly disappeared. Such sinkholes (sinkholes) are proving not only to occur on Earth, but also in other places in the area. On the 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko for example. That has discovered the Dutch astronomer Dennis Bodewits. His discovery is the latest edition of the leading science journal Nature, which opens Thursday
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67P / Tsjoerjoemov-Gerasimenko is a boulder which revolves around the sun for billions of years. Europe spent the past few years, the probe Rosetta to the comet. Last year, an unmanned explorer landed on the surface, a historic achievement. The Rosetta looked Bodewits, who works for the University of Maryland, the comet. “The camera has strange round holes found on the surface of comet 67P. Some of these holes are as deep as wide, as deep as the Dom Tower and larger than a football field, “said Bodewits. The deeper the holes, the younger they are.
is ice beneath the surface of the comet. If that disappears, there is a cavity and there is nothing to the ‘roof’, the surface of the comet to keep upright. It collapses, leaving a big hole. The remaining ice in the hole for the first time to stand in the sun and disappears. Over time, wear down the edges of the holes, and there is dust in.
Sink holes were previously found on Mars. They help scientists to get a better view; they can “look beneath the surface without having to make drilling” as Bodewits puts
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