Mars, still a planetary embryo

According to one study, the rapid formation of the red planet could help explain why smaller

 

According to one study, Mars is still a type of planetary embryos(Foto: Tomada de ABC.es )

Tuesday May 31, 2011 Redacción | El Universal22:15

Rapid formation of Mars could help explain why it is smaller. According to a study by the University of Chicago, is still a type of planetary embryo.
The red planet has grown recently, is considered a small planet, measuring approximately 6 000 794 km in diameter, while the land 12 000 750 km.

Mars is developed between two and four million years after the birth of the solar system, very little time compared to the earth, which took between 50 and 100 million years.
"The earth was formed embryos as those on Mars, but Mars is a planetary embryo that never collided with another embryo to form a planet like Earth, " said Nicolas Dauphas, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago.

This new research provides evidence for the idea, which was first proposed 20 years ago, based on simulations of planet growth.
The new study, published in the journal  Nature,  could change the way in how scientists view Mars, said A. Pourmand, assistant professor in Marine Geology and Geophysics of the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science.