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Meteorites from Mars suffer a velocity boost due to the material pileup

TOKYO, Dec. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers have performed numerical simulations to explore the launch mechanism of Martian meteorites. According to the knowledge of shock physics, a strong shock compression higher than 50 GPa is required to accelerate Martian materials up to the…