ASTR 151 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last LectureI. Chapter 9 Section 4 Surface of VenusII. Chapter 9 Section 5 Atmosphere of VenusOutline of Current LectureIII. Chapter 10.4IV. Chapter 10.5V. Chapter 10.6VI. Chapter 10.7Current LectureI. Chapter 10.4 Martian Surfacea. Highest volcanoes in the solar systemb. Atmosphere is made of carbon dioxide like Venusc. Minimal crateringi. Erosion that occurring on the planet covers the craters faster than they`re maded. Borealis Basins in the Northern Hemisphere of the planetII. Chapter 10.5 Water On Marsa. Mars at one point had floods of water on it`s surfacei. Outflow channels were made after floods subsided1. Catastrophic occurred 3 billion years ago2. May have been Martian deltasb. 5 Kilometer sized comets slammed into Marsi. Since then the comets are no longer present due to the erosion of Marsc. Evidence found supports the claim that waters on the planet would form into gulliesi. Waters maybe permafrost under polar ice capsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.d. The planet is seen as “all red” due to it`s iron saturating the planetIII. Chapter 10.6 Martian Atmospherea. 95.3% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6%argon, 0.13%Oxygen, 0.07%carbonmonoxide, and 0.03%water vaporb. Has a stratosphere and tropospherec. Fog seems to occur when the water vapor reacts to the cold temperature and condensesIV. Chapter 10.7 Martian Internal Structurea. 100Kilometer thick crustb. no magnetics fieldc. no seismic studies has been doned. Has two satellites (Moons)e.i. Named after the daughters of Greek God of War, Ares1. Phobos2.
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