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Mars
ASTR-3040 AstrobiologyDay 18
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Homework
Chapter 8 Due Thurs. March 31 3, 7, 13, 23, 30, 32, 41, 46, 51, 52 Plus (49 or 50) if you've read one of the books
or seen one of the movies.
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Civilization
Mars holds a special place in human fantasies about space and aliens.
Herschels (lae 1700s) Schiaparelli (1877) Lowell (1895)
Canals civilizations
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Literature H.G. Wells – War of the Worlds (1898) ER Burroughs Ray Bradbury
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Movies
Capricorn 1 Total Recall The Ghosts of Mars Mars Attacks
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Exploration of Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars
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Modern View Began in the late 1960s – Mariner 4, 6, 7
Dust storms, volcanoes, craters First landers – Vikings – 1976
No hard evidence of life, weather station, no liquid surface water.
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Seasons
25 degree tilt vs. 23.5 for Earth
0.093 orbital eccentricity1.38 – 1.66 AU
Strong winds driven by seasonal changes (temperature gradients)
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Polar caps – change with seasonsWater ice and Carbon Dioxide ice
Phoenix lander (N. Pole) confirmed water ice.
HST monitoring program
Mars Global Surveyor
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Dust Storms
Dust Devils – Spirit rover
HST monitoring program
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Geological History
Volcanoes Big, shield type Recent evidence of
underground water Flowing water? Resurfacing in North
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Surface evidence of water in the past.
Pathfinder landed in what appears to be a floodplain.
Spirit – Gustev crater – an ancient lake?
Opportunity – rock structures are only seen in standing water environments on Earth (“blueberries”).
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Opportunity – rock structures are only seen in standing water environments on Earth (“blueberries”).
Mars Express orbiter images - floodwaters?
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Water-carved channels on slopes of volcanoes.Hadriaca Patera (center).
Flood channel?
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Relief map. Was the entire northern hemisphere an ocean at one time? Blue is below “sea level”.
Hydrogen content map. Blue is highest hydrogen area. Maybe the top meter or so contains water ice. Distributed mostly in the polar regions.
Mars Water Today
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Mars Water TodayWater flow gullies in crater rim. Slumping material at bottom.N.B. Fig. 8.22 in book is different.It shows recent changes which resemble water flow in last 4-5 years. Mars Global Surveyor image.
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Mars Water Today
View from Mars Express which resemble frozen ice rafts covered with soil. Similar patterns are seen on Earth in the Antarctic and on Europa.
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Climate History Mars was most likely warmer and wetter in past. Today, thin atmosphere, weak greenhouse.
95% CO2
In past, a thicker atmosphere would support a stronger greenhouse effect.
400 X as dense atmosphere; Would give surface Pressure about 3 times that of
Earth today; Temperature above freezing
Ocean hundreds of meters deep.
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Why did Mars Change?
Probably lost significant amount of CO2.
Core cooled and solidified Loss of magnetic field Solar wind stripping of atmosphere UV breakdown of water As cooled, oxygen would also leave or “rust” rocks
Inverse greenhouse effect.
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Is Mars Habitable?
Liquid water is the key. Probably was 2-3 Gyr ago, but for how long? Not habitable at the current time. Terraforming