'Mars orbiter laser altimeter' presentation slideshows

Astronomy 101 The Solar System Tuesday, Thursday Tom Burbine tomburbine@astro.umass

Astronomy 101 The Solar System Tuesday, Thursday Tom Burbine tomburbine@astro.umass.edu. Course. Course Website: http://blogs.umass.edu/astron101-tburbine/ Textbook: Pathways to Astronomy (2nd Edition) by Stephen Schneider and Thomas Arny . You also will need a calculator.

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Radiation on Planetary Surfaces

Radiation on Planetary Surfaces. M. S. Clowdsley 1 , G. DeAngelis 2 , J. W. Wilson 1 , F. F. Badavi 3 , and R. C. Singleterry 1. 1 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 2 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 3 Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. Solar and Space Physics

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B.J. Thomson et al., 2011; via Ben Tweed

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Martian Oceans

MOLA Digital Altimetry. NASA Image. Martian Oceans. Evidence for a Northern Ocean on Mars. Overview. Where could the water have come from? ( Origin of water on Mars) Could the Martian climate have been favorable for a liquid ocean? ( Climate conditions and obliquity simulations)

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Background There are several theories that state that Martian sinkholes as the result of large evaporite deposits and er

Background There are several theories that state that Martian sinkholes as the result of large evaporite deposits and erosion are impossible. The past presence of large oceans as well as the detection of gypsum, halite, calcite, and clays in Martian meteorites seems to

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