Q: Describe Titan's atmosphere. What did the Cassini/Huygens mission discover about the surface of…
A: There are layers of various gases covering Titan's whole surface, which makes up the planet's…
Q: Why are Mercury and the Moon so much more heavily cratered than the Earth? Explain how crater counts…
A: The fact that Mercury and Moon are more heavily cratered than Earth implies that the their surfaces…
Q: Why does Venus appear so bright to the naked eye?
A: Venus is the second planet in our solar system and is the closest neighbor of Earth. Venus…
Q: Figure 9 shows photos of Mars taken by the Hubble Space Telescope during the planet’s spring and…
A: The seasons on Mars occurs due to its axial tilt and its eccentricity.
Q: What are two reasons why Mercury's surface gets so cold at night?
A: Mercury is the first planet in our solar system and is the closest one to the Sun's surface.…
Q: Why does Mercury have lobate scarps but Earth, Venus, and Mars do not?
A: Lobate scarps are long, curvilinear structures formed due to planar fracture. They are…
Q: 8) Calculate the escape velocity Amazonia-1 needed to achieve so that it could orbit Earth at its…
A: v =2GMR where G is gravitational constant M is mass of Earth R is radius of Earth
Q: The average distance from Earth to Mars is 1.5 AU. If you send a command using radio waves (a form…
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Q: What evidence do we have that Mars was once much wetter and hotter than it is today?
A: Mars is the fourth planet in our solar system. It has a radius of 3390 km and is half the size of…
Q: The Soviet Venera landers found rocks on Venus that were over 4 billion years old. True False…
A: Venera was a soviet venus mission to study the surface and atmosphere of venus. It investiagted the…
Q: What is the escape velocity is km/s from Venus' exosphere, which begins about 202 km above the…
A: Given: The mass of the venus is 5.2x1024 kg. The radius of the venus is 6500 km.
Q: he Magellan spacecraft transmitted radio signals down through the clouds on Venus and heard an echo…
A: Given data time t=0.000193 sec
Q: What are the two physical parameters we need to know to determine the semi-major axis of a moon…
A: Given: To determine the semi-major axis of a moon orbiting Jupiter Concept used : Recall the…
Q: On the night side of Venus, we find that the brightest wavelength, that is the wavelength this…
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Q: what is the temperate of the core of venus?
A: The temperature of the core of Venus.
Q: Which of these surface features, discovered by the first spacecraft mission (Mariner 4) to Mars, was…
A: Mariner 4 in its mission could locate Craters , Some later missions also showed the presence of…
Q: Both Venus and Mars have a. volcanic craters only b. impact craters only c. some…
A: As per study both Venus and mars have some volcanic and some impact craters .
Q: Venus can be as bright as apparent magnitude -4.7 when at a distance of about 1 AU. How many times…
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Q: What will you notice as you fly over the surface of Venus?
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Q: Why does the surface of mercury have so many craters?
A: Every planet in our Solar System has a lot of craters. As in the past there were many more asteroids…
Q: What is the range of density for the outer planets (in g/cm3)? 1.2 to 5.5 2.2 to 5.5 2.2 to 6.5 3.3…
A: Outer planets are less dense and having density about 1 g/cm3.
Q: Why are the largest volcanoes on Earth so much smaller than the largest ones on Mars?
A: Gravity pulls an object towards it. It is a central force which brings 2 bodies towards each other.…
Q: fter reducing the Planet Mass to 0.5, we observe the subsequent motions. How are the orbits of the…
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Q: Name one interesting fact about mars.
A: Answer :- Red planet :- Mars is known as the Red Planet
Q: Which of the following is NOT best explained by Venus's extreme greenhouse effect? a. its…
A: The following are the best explanation for the Venus extreme greenhouse effect: The atmosphere of…
Q: Earth's atmosphere contains just a small amount of carbon dioxide at the present time, because
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Q: If the Magellan spacecraft transmitted radio signals down through the clouds on Venus and heard an…
A: Solution: Given that t = 0.000192 seconds v = 3x108 m/s
Q: What are two ways venus is similar to earth?
A: Venus is also referred as sister planet of earth.Both earth and venus originate about 4.5 billion…
Q: How long does it take for light to leave a source on earth and reach Venus?
A: Given data: The distance between Earth and Venus is: d = 37.5 ×106 miles The speed of light is: c =…
Q: Do you think that the transit method can be used to study the atmosphere of Mercury? [Hint: look at…
A: A transit occurs when a planet passes over the face of the sun. During this event, information on…
Q: If you transmitted radio signals to Mercury when it was closest to the Earth and waited to hear the…
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Q: The speed of the solar wind is approximately 400 km/s. How many days does the solar wind take to…
A: Given: Speed of solar wind, v=400 km/s To find: Days taken by solar wind to reach from Sun to Mars
Q: The clouds that surround Venus are so thick that the planet actually absorbs less sunlight than the…
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Q: Differences in surface conditions on Earth and Venus are caused by different surface temperatures.…
A: 1.) The surface of Mercury and Earth are different. Mercury does not have an atmosphere. Which leads…
Q: alculate polar flattening for Mars with polar radius 3376.2 km, and equatorial radius 3396.2 km.
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Q: What evidence indicates that plate tectonics does not occur on Venus? On Mars?
A: Venus and Mars belong to the category of terrestrial planets. They are made of rocky materials and…
Q: What evidence suggests that Venus has resurfaced within the last half billion years?
A: Venus is the second planet from the Sun in our solar system. It has a similar size and density to…
Q: he average distance to Mars is 1.5 AU. If you send a command using radio waves (a form of light!) to…
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Q: make a model of how CO, keeps heat ( infrared radiation) trapped in an atmosphere. Revisit the…
A: SOlution: why the temperature is lower on Mars than earth and on Earth than Venus
Q: 2). Although it doesn't, let's pretend that Venus has an atmosphere similar to our own. It has a…
A: PV = n R T TEMP = 750 K TEMP CHANGE FROM 20°C FOR COSTANT VOLUME P1 / T1 = P2 / T2
Q: Why did Venus suffer from the runaway greenhouse effect but Earth has avoided it so far?
A: A planet's surface will absorb the radiation that reaches its surface. Then it is re-emitted as…
Q: (not "a booklet question") 12.2. What is the relative ratio of energy received at the top of Mars's…
A: Given: The distance between Sun and Mars is DM=228×109 m. The distance between Sun and Earth is…
Q: What component of Venus’s atmosphere causes the planet to be so hot? Explain why there is so much of…
A: Carbon dioxide (96 % of atmosphere), clouds composed of sulfuric acid, greenhouse effect is very…
Q: Which of the following planetary traits is well established? choose one of the following: a)…
A: Which of the following planetary traits is well established?
Q: Why is mars red?
A: The main reason for the red color of mars is iron oxide. The surface of Mars contains lots of iron…
Q: If the cloud layer of Venus is so thick, how is it possible for any sunlight to reach the surface of…
A: Venus is the second planet from the Sun in our solar system. It is a terrestrial planet with a…
Going back to Figures 3 and 4, Mercury’s surface appears very detailed in these photos. Not so for Venus.
What could be the cause of Venus’ fuzzy appearance?
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