NASA’s InSight Lander Captures Audio of First Likely ‘Quake’ on Mars
There is a world outside the Earth, where humans can live in the future - Scientists have been working hard for years to prove this verse truth. There have been many debates going on, for making human settlements in the future on Mars or Moon. However, in the near future, if a person goes to Mars and settles there, then even there, he won't be able to get rid of the earthquake tragedy. Means, the way the earthquake writes the story of destruction due to geological phenomena on Earth, there is something similar on Mars. This is what NASA revealed recently.
This video and audio illustrates a seismic event detected by NASA's Mars InSight rover on April 6, 2019, the 128th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Three distinct kinds of sounds can be heard, all of them detected as ground vibrations by the spacecraft's seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS): noise from Martian wind, the seismic event itself, and the spacecraft's robotic arm as it moves to take pictures. Listen to audio of this likely marsquake at: https://youtu.be/DLBP-5KoSCc
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/IPGP/Imperial College London
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/IPGP/Imperial College London
Like the Earth and Moon, the surface of Mars also shines. The only difference is that we have known this tremor of the earth and the moon for years and have examined a lot about it. The information of an earthquake incident on Mars is now revealed for the first time, to the world. In May 2018, NASA sent a robotic probe called Insight, to study the activities of seismic activities (surface vibration) on Mars. Five months after landing on Mars, this probe gave information about this effect. Now after the inspection, this information has been shared with the world.
This is how the first Mars quake was detected:
Scientists at NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have recorded the activity of vibration on the surface of Mars for the first time. It is termed as a 'marsquake'. This is the first symmetric trammer ever recorded on another planet.
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This image, taken March 19, 2019 by a camera on NASA’s Mars InSight lander, shows the rover’s domed Wind and Thermal Shield, which covers its seismometer, the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, and the Martian surface in the background. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Historical day
On 6th April, Insight was completing 128 days of land landing on Mars. On the same day, there was a vibration in devices especially in those used for measuring vibration activities, which made JPL scientists in California excited. Although, the scientists are still studying the data sent by the Insight probe, in order to ascertain the true causes of vibration, but at the same time, they are also unable to deny that such kind of vibration can't be created by any phenomenon other than a seismic activity inside the Mars' surface.
Many times wind also cause a vibration on the surface of Mars, but the vibration of April 6 is different from it. Scientists are also studying noise from the background of the surface. If there was an effect of wind, then noise would have been heard. Although, for the first time such a rare event has been recorded on Mars' surface, but this vibration is believed to be very weak. Its intensity is very low. According to JPL, earthquakes of such intensity occur daily in the southern part of California, which leave only light cracks in the walls.
Vibrations like moon:
According to the scientists, the vibrations on the surface of Mars are similar to that on the Moon. Seismometers were installed on the Moon's surface during the Apollo Mission, which recorded thousands of such vibrations between 1969 and 1977. These vibrations are similar to the vibrations that have recently been recorded on Mars.
Very light vibrations:
According to the scientists, Insight had reported such events on the surface of Mars on March 14, April 10 and April 11 as well, but they were very light and suspicious. That's why the scientists refused to believe that these vibrations occurred due to any movement inside the Martian land.
Special Insight Lander
NASA had sent this robotic probe on May 5, 2018 to study the vibrations on Mars surface. On November 26, it reached the surface of Mars. In its journey to reach there, it traveled 483 million km. Its main objective was to establish a seismometer on the surface of Mars. Its weight was 694 kg at the time of launch, which was reduced to 358 kg at the time of landing.
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