Chapter 9 The Terrestrial Planets
Mercury: The Messenger
Mercury’s temperature range is the most extreme in the solar system 59 day rotation and lack of an appreciable atmosphere means temperatures vary enormously from one side of the planet to the other. Temperatures range from -280°F to 660°F
Venus: The Fatal Beauty
clouds on Venus consists of 96% carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid!
The Temperature of Venus The runaway greenhouse effect heats Venus’s surface to 900 o F!
Venus’s Surface: Venera 1981
Venus’s Surface: Radar Mapping Magellan 1990
Mars: The Warrior
Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos, look more like potatoes than spheres
Valles Marineris is many times larger than the Grand Canyon Enormous volcanoes
The Largest Volcano in The Solar System: Olympus Mons
Water on Mars?
Ohio River valley on Earth River channels on Mars
Spirit and Opportunity 2004
Curiosity lands on Mars, August 5 th 2012
Life on Mars? Martian meteorite blasted from Mars 15 million years ago and landed in Antarctica 13,000 years ago Fossil?
Human Exploration of Mars?
Privatization of Space