Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Climatic Conditions on Mars


Good Afternoon my little friends!!!

I am back again with an interesting topic, as i do every day. Have you learned anytime about Mars?Today we shall understand about "Climatic Conditions on Mars"

Climatic Conditions on Mars

  • Type : Earth like
  • Seasons : Earth like due to similarities in tilts of the rotational axes of the planets.
  • Lenght of seasons : Twice as those on Earth
  • Thermal conservation : Poor ,due to thin atmosphere
  • Amount of incident light : 43% of Earth
  • Storms : Largest dust storm in solar system



Soil structure of Mars

(Data from Phoenix Lander, June 2008, august 2008)
Nature of soil :
Basic, pH 8.3
Vital nutrients: Magnesium, Potassium and chloride, salt perchlorate
Life : dark streaks common across martian soil in may involve water or even growth

In our next blog we shall learn about
"Mars orbits"

Hope the above explanation was useful. keep reading and leave your comments.

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