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The Mars Face, Eros
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
14 February 2001


IMAGE: NASA/JPL/MSSS

Yet Another
Heart on Mars

The Red Planet gets the prize for having the most heart of any object in the solar system. This image of a heart was released to the public just before Valentine's Day in 2000.

The Mars Global Surveyor image shows a relatively small heart-shaped mesa, just 279 yards (255 meters) across, in the south polar region of Mars. Unlike another heart on Mars, which was formed as a pit, this one stands out.

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