'Polar caps' presentation slideshows

Mars

Mars. Essential Points. Mars is about half the size of Earth Mars has a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere Mars has volcanoes and faults but no plate tectonics Mars had liquid water early in its history Evidence for life on Mars is debatable. Mars. About half the size of Earth

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The Climate of Mars

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Chapter 7 Our Planetary System

Chapter 7 Our Planetary System. Earth, as viewed by the Voyager spacecraft. 7.1 Studying the Solar System. Our goals for learning What does the solar system look like? What can we learn by comparing the planets to one another? What are the major features of the Sun and planets?.

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MARS

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Mars

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A Planetary Overview

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The Inner Solar System

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OBSERVING MARS 2012

OBSERVING MARS 2012. Mars (god of war) Nirgal (star of death). Angakara (burning coal) Huoxing (fire star). A DROP OF CURDLED BLOOD IN THE NIGHT SKY.

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Ecphrastic poetry & the development of professional literacy in geography

Ecphrastic poetry & the development of professional literacy in geography. What is ecphrastic poetry?.

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Explorations of the Universe

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The Terrestrial Planets, Part III

The Terrestrial Planets, Part III. Mars. MARS The God of War. Physical Data. Diameter: 6,794 km (0.531 D earth ) Mass: 6.40x10 27 g (0.107 M earth ) Density: 3.96 g/cm 3 Rotation Period: 24.6 hours Tilt of Axis: 25 o Surface Temperature: 130-290 K. Physical Data.

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Mars vs. Earth

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Sub- Milliarcsecond Astrometry of the Algol System

Sub- Milliarcsecond Astrometry of the Algol System. William Peterson & Robert Mutel University of Iowa Miller Goss NRAO M. Gudel ETH, Zurich. 1. Central science questions. What is the morphology [shape, orientation, timescale] of the radio corona of Algol ?

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Systematic Invention Strategies: The Topics (this does not mean subject matter here)

Systematic Invention Strategies: The Topics (this does not mean subject matter here). According to Aristotle, there are four basic topics a writer can use to find material for writing on any subject. Invention Strategy: The Topics.

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Pulsars and PWNs as sources of high-energy particles

Pulsars and PWNs as sources of high-energy particles. Jaros?aw Dyks. CAMK, Toru?. Pulsars: unipolar generators of high voltage and strong currents + sources of powerful el-mag wave. Charge-filled magnetosphere. Available ?V limited to gaps within open field line region:.

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Lecture 33

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Evolution of Mars

Evolution of Mars. Burton Gray. Introduction. Comparison of Current Earth, Mars, and Venus Atmospheres Physical and Atmospheric Evolution of Mars. Goldilocks. Venus is Too Hot Greenhouse effect = 400 K Mars is Too Cold Greenhouse effect = 5 K Earth is Just Right Greenhouse effect = 40 K.

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The 9 Planets? Or The 8 Planets?

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Water on Mars

Water on Mars. Origins of water. The impact of asteroids to mars surface. Polar caps of ice Subsurface finds of reservoirs of water. Possibility . * Organic and carbon compounds Nano fossils Geological changes Weather changes Co2 instead of H2o in liquid form.

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