Why does Mercury have lobate scarps but Earth, Venus, and Mars do not?
Q: The typical total duration of an Apollo moon landing mission, from launch to splashdown, was 7 to…
A: The Apollo 11 mission concluded exactly eight days, three hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds after…
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: If liquid water is rare on the surface of planets, then most Terrestrial planets must have CO₂-rich…
A: Terrestrial planets or rocky planets are those which are primarily made of silicate rocks or metals.…
Q: What is the smallest size crater on the moon? 240 km 24 km 2.4 km 1 km much smaller than 1 km
A: The moon is full of craters of various sizes.
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: 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: 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: How could you argue that mars has now or has at some point in the past had an atmosphere and flowing…
A: Let us see by which ways one can observe atmosphere and flowing liquid in the Mars.
Q: In the previous lab, we calculated the area in between Mars' and Jupiter's orbit to be ~1.6e18 km2.…
A: Given: The area between Mars and Jupiter belt, A = 1.6×1018 km No. Of asteroids in the belt, n =…
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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: The number of major plains in the northern hempishere of Mars is 6 7 8 9
A: 6 MAJOR PLAINS- names:- AMAZONIS ELYSIUM THARSIS ISIDIS CHRYSE BOREALIS
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: Is the motion of mars peculiar?
A: Obviously not. The motion of Mars is regular. It rotates around the sun with fixed orbital. It has a…
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: Show that Titan's surface gravity is about one-seventh that of Earth's.
A: Gravity is an attractive force. It exists between all objects that have a mass. The force of…
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: Going back to Figures 3 and 4, Mercury’s surface appears very detailed in these photos. Not so for…
A: when the planet is visible, it is positioned at a low altitude where it is the condition of haze and…
Q: Name one volcano on venus.
A: There are lots of volcanoes on venus. which are very active it is discovered that there are 37…
Q: In what ways is Earth unique among the Terrestrial planets?
A: The four innermost planets in our solar system come under the category of terrestrial planets. They…
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: 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: A lot of asteroid and comet dust collides with Earth's atmosphere everyday. Assume that 500 tons of…
A: Conversion for ton to kilograms is, 1 ton = 907.185 kg
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: Describe the two Martian polar caps, their seasonal and permanent composition, and the differences…
A: The two martian polar caps are the Northern cap and the Southern cap.
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: 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: 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: Why are the atmospheres of Venus and Mars mostly carbon dioxide?
A: Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas it is capable of trapping the heat radiated from the surface of a…
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: The speed of the solar wind is approximately 400 km/s. How many days does the solar wind take to…
A: The distance from sun to mars is d=2.438×1011 m time=distancespeed speed=v=400 km/s=4×105 m/s
Q: Since Mars has an atmosphere and it is composed mostly of a greenhouse gas, why isn't there a…
A: The greenhouse effect is the absorption of radiation coming from the Sun by greenhouse gases. This…
Q: What creates the Earth's magnetic field? the moon the liquid iron/nickel core the atmosphere the…
A: The Earth's magnetic field is created by the liquid iron/nickel core on the outer core…
Q: List the evidence that suggests the past (and possibly present) existence of liquid water on the…
A: Over 60 meteorites have been found that came from Mars. Some of them contain evidence that they were…
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?
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