"John" wrote in message
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How about this. At one time the planet had rings. Rocks in the rings
gently
collided with one another until they all reached a uniform size and
spherical shape. The rings' orbit gradually declined until the dust
dispersed over the whole planet and the heavier spherules fell along the
equator, here into a soft volcanic dust pillow.

Surely you jest.

Either that or Martians are deer.


Surely you jest.