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Astronomy 340 Fall 2005 4 October 2005 Class #9

Salient Martian Features RMars = 3396 km (REarth = 6378 km) Higher surface area to mass ratio More efficient cooling Lower internal heat flow, less volcanism No plate tectonics Atmospheric Composition 95% CO2 (same as Venus) Pressure = 0.006 bar (Earth = 1, Venus = 89) TSurface  hey, it’s cold! Mean solar constant  0.431 (Earth =1) Summer  T ~ 273K (max) Winter (polar)  T ~ 150K  ground is permanently frozen to 1 km

Soil Composition

Mars Missions Current Missions Planned Past Spirit and Opportunity (rovers) 2001 Mars Odyssey (orbiter) Mars Global Surveyot (orbiter) Mars Express (polar orbit) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (just launched) Planned Phoenix Mars Science Laboratory Past Mariner flybys/orbiters Viking landers Pathfinder

NASA Mars Missions -- Goals Determine whether life ever arose on Mars Characterize the Climate of Mars Characterize the Geology of Mars Prepare for Human Exploration

Where to land? Equatorial  maximum solar radiation Low elevation  maximum atmosphere to slow descent, low shear Relatively flat to preserve airbag Radar-reflective, hard surface for rovers

Where to land? Parachute to slow descent, followed by bouncing airbag….

Gusev Crater

Spirit Landing Site Golombek et al 2005 Nature 436 44 Nice and flat….

Opportunity landing site – and some space junk

Rock size distribution on landing sites

Surface Composition Bibring et al. 2005 Science 307 1576 Ices/Frosts CO2 veneers over polar ice caps H2O ice w/ dust Hydrated Minerals/Ferric Oxides Significant presence – detected via 3μm feature Primarily in older craters (younger craters lack hydrated minerals) Igneous Rocks Standard olivines

Water on Mars Canals? Background  origin of H2O on Earth Outgassing via internal processes  volcanic Formation via accretion of hydrated protoplanetary material External origin via hydrated impactors (comets?) Maintaining liquid H2O on surface…. Temperature Liquid H2O unstable at 150 K < T < 220 K But ice on stable at poles Pressure Sublimation of polar ice  atmospheric pressure insufficient to maintain water in atmosphere Dissociation of H2O, loss of H Current conditions not favorable for liquid H2O on Martian surface or significant H2O in atmospere But…..

Water on Mars Polar Ice Caps Mariner 9 (1972)  images of obvious channels that look like river beds  major amounts of surface water in past Atmospheric chemistry Trace H2O content via outgassed volatiles 80-160m of water outgassed North Polar Ice Cap in summer

Water on Mars Water channels Remote sensing/imaging Outflow channels Catastrophic floods (108 m3 s-1 vs 104 m3 s-1) “sudden” appearance Volcanism, internal pressure, ??? Valley networks Look like river systems groundwater Fretted channels Remote sensing/imaging

Gusev Crater Haskin et al 2005 Nature 436 66 Gusev plain  an old lake bed? Primarily igneous rock (olivine basalt) Veins/plugs  aqeous solutions plausible Composition measured via near-IR spectrometer

Gusev crater Haskin et al 2005 Note inclusions – need water to form

Gusev Crater Haskin et al 2005 Nature 436 66 Veins/plugs  aqeous solutions plausible Composition measured via near-IR spectrometer Various geochemical effects of aqeous solutions E.g. ratio of Al2O3 vs SO3 Increased ratio of salts, oxidation of Fe2+ Conclusions: running water, but no pools/oceans Inverse correlation – mixing with evaporative component with high S content

Gusev Crater Haskin et al 2005 Nature 436 66 Gusev plain  an old lake bed? Primarily igneous rock (olivine basalt) Veins/plugs  aqeous solutions plausible Composition measured via near-IR spectrometer Various geochemical effects of aqeous solutions E.g. ratio of Al2O3 vs SO3 Increased ratio of salts, oxidation of Fe2+ Conclusions: running water, but no pools/oceans

Frozen Equatorial Sea? Murray et al. 2005 Nature 434 352 What are these cracked “plates”? Lava? The authors think not… Edges much younger than rest of plate – lava doesn’t do this Crater density suggests age ~ 5Myr Resemblance of plates to pack-ice in Arctic

a. Mars 13.7m resolution b. Antarctica c. Martian ice raft?

Phobos & Deimos Low inclination, equatorial orbits