Mars Video - Group Hellas

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MARS By Ben Kline Ryan Stobart and Adam Hester

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THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM

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Mars has roughly 1/2 the diameter of Earth

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DEIMOS PHOBOS

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NOT TO SCALE ! GALILEO MARS

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Mars Observer Viking Orbiters Mars Odyssey Mariner 9 Orbiter

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Viking Landers Pathfinder Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) Spirit and Opportunity

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Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) Instrument

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Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) Instrument

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Linear Deconvolution Algorithm Modeled Spectral Endmembers 20% A 42% B 18 % C 20% D Spectral Library Measured Spectrum Spectral Range Modeled Spectrum RMS Error

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The Dichotomy Boundary Southern Highlands Dichotomy Boundary Northern Lowlands

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Quasi-Circular Depressions (QCDs)

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Two Main Lithologies TYPE TWO: ? WEATHERED BASALT OR ANDESITE TYPE ONE: BASALT

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Plate Tectonics Stagnant Lid

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The Interior of Mars Core Crust Mantle 3390 km 1520 – 1840 km Partial or complete liquid core is dependent on sulfur content Two possible core regimes: A: Snowing Core B: Sulfide core

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Lightly Cratered Amazonian Aged Terrain of the Northern Lowlands Heavily Cratered Noachian and Hesperian Aged Terrain of the Southern Highlands Crater Density and Martian Terrain Chronology

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Ages of Martian Surface

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Evidence for Past Water on Mars Hydrated Minerals THARSIS MONTES Location : Phyllosilicates Sulfates Other Hydrated Minerals Geomorphologic Features of Aqueous Origin

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Martian STP Conditions and Climate Volatility

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Mare-Like Plains Large Craters, Basins Lava Flows Smaller Shield Volcanoes Highland Paterae Large Shield Volcanoes Martian Volcanism Southern Highlands Northern Lowlands

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Olympus Mons SCALE

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Alba Mons SCALE

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Huygens Noachis Terra Sinus Sabeus Syrtis Major Planitia Arabia Terra

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Pyroxene-Plagioclase Basalts Pyroxene-Olivine Lherzolites Olivine Cumulate or Dunite Clinopyroxene Cumulates C hassignite N akhlites S hergottites Five Types of Martian “ S N C ” Meteorites

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Martian Meteorite: ALH84001 Orthopyroxene cumulates Life on Mars?

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Possibility of Life on Mars ? I’m Right Here

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