As reported Redorbit, Wednesday (12/26/2012), high resolution image (1.5 meters / 5 feet per pixel) shows that Martian craters that appeared was due to hit the meteor. In the crater image also displays details of deposition on the surface of Mars.
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Crater "Lonely Martian" is not the biggest crater on Mars. The crater is located near a large crater, Newcomb, north Noachis Terra.
Wikipedia explains, Mars is the planet Earth and its neighbors is the fourth closest planet from the Sun. That said, the name of Mars taken from the Roman god of war is often dubbed as the red planet.
Color reddish planet that is caused by the content of iron oxide on the surface of Mars. On the surface of Mars are craters, volcanoes, valleys, deserts and ice.
Environment on Mars reportedly more friendly when compared to the conditions on the planet Venus. This planet has 2 satellites, Phobos and Deimos are.
Mars orbit (around the Sun) for 687 days. This planet also rotates almost similar to the Earth's rotation period, ie 25.62 hours.