Snowman in Space?

As asteroids hurtle through space, collisions with other objects can leave them speckled with craters of varying shapes and sizes, creating a pock-marked surface with no apparent organization.

Sometimes, however, these impact craters align in just the right way.

NASA has shared a remarkable image of an asteroid that appears to have a snowman imprinted on its surface, thanks to three ‘well-placed impacts’ stacked atop each other.

The three circles situated on the surface of the asteroid, one on top of the other, even vary in size like a real snowman on Earth, with the largest at the bottom and the smallest on top. It was captured with the clear filter on the Dawn spacecrafts framing camera, with a resolution of roughly 260 meters per pixel

The festive image, shared by NASA this week, was captured by the Dawn spacecraft back in 2011.

And, the likeness is unmistakable.

The three circles situated on the surface of the asteroid, one on top of the other, even vary in size like a real snowman on Earth, with the largest at the bottom and the smallest on top.

It was captured with the clear filter on the spacecraft’s framing camera, with a resolution of roughly 260 meters per pixel. 

‘Do you want to build a snowman?’ NASA tweeted alongside the photo, in nod to the popular song from the movie Frozen.

‘Three well-placed impacts stacked this one on the surface of a giant asteroid.’ 

Source : Dailymail