This Amazing Gravity Map Of Mars Is The Most Precise Ever

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The map shows regions of high (red/white) and low (blue) gravity. MIT/UMBC-CRESST/GSFC

Scientists have used a rather ingenious method to measure gravity on Mars more precisely than ever before. Using small perturbations in the positions of orbiting spacecraft, they have been able to map out regions of high and low gravity on the surface, published in the journal Icarus.