Expert | Impartial | Innovative Vs · 2018-11-22 · Mars has about 15% of Earth’s volume. 1 15%...
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Other 4% Scientists are not yet certain if the core of Mars is solid, liquid, or in two distinct sublayers, like Earth’s. Future measurements will tell us more. Mars shows no evidence of tectonic plates. Mars has about 1/10 of the mass of the Earth. 62.5 % less gravity on mars Mars is about 71% as dense as Earth Mars has about 15% of Earth’s volume. 1 15% 1 10 Other 1% Year Mass Density Gravity Volume 1. Phobos moon tidal effect? Crust Vs 4. Faulting 3. Meteorite impacts? Earth atmospher e is 100 times mor e dense than Mars’ C a r b o n D i o x i d e 9 6 % N i t r o g e n 7 8 % O x y g e n 2 1 % 2. Atmospheric excitation? 365 Earth days Spring Summer Autumn Winter Spring Summer Autumn Winter [Northern hemisphere seasons shown] 687 Earth days Four potential seismic sources on Mars M a n t l e M a n t l e L i q u i d O u t e r C o r e 58°C 14°C -88°C 0°C -63°C 30°C Average surface temperature range -140°C Solid Core Crust Expert | Impartial | Innovative © UKRI 2018
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Scientists are not yet certain if thecore of Mars is solid, liquid, or in two distinct sublayers, like Earth’s.Future measurements will tell us more.Mars shows no evidence of tectonicplates.
Mars has about 1/10 of the massof the Earth.
62.5 % less gravity on mars
Mars is about 71% as dense as Earth
Mars has about 15%of Earth’s volume.
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Year
Mass
Density
Gravity
Volume
1. Phobos moon tidal effect?
Crust
Vs
4. Faulting
3. Meteorite impacts?
Earth atmosphere is 100 times more dense than Mars’
Carbon Dioxide 96%
Nitrogen 78%
Oxygen 21%
2. Atmospheric excitation?
365 Earth days
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Spring Summer Autumn Winter [Northern hemisphere seasonsshown]
687 Earth days
Four potential seismic sourceson Mars
Man
tle
Man
tleLi
quid
Outer
Co
re
58°C
14°C
-88°C
0°C
-63°C
30°C
Aver
age
surf
ace
tem
pera
ture
ra
nge
-140°C
SolidCore
Crust
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