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UFO Streaks Through Martian sky

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-the-foil-hats dept.

lkatz writes "The BBC is reporting that the Spirit rover has observed an object streaking across the Martian sky. They believe it was either a meteor or possibly the Viking 2 probe which still orbits Mars."

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  1. Re:Or was it the Vogon Constructor Fleet? by Stile+65 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember your towel!

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  2. Re:Meteor? by rjelks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Considering Mars is about 86 million miles from earth today, that rock would have to be hurling at about 3.5 million mph to get near (26,000 miles) earth in a day.

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