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  2. Atmosphere of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Mars has a higher scale height of 11.1 km than Earth (8.5 km) because of its weaker gravity. [5] The theoretical dry adiabatic lapse rate of Mars is 4.3 °C km −1 , [ 131 ] but the measured average lapse rate is about 2.5 °C km −1 because the suspended dust particles absorb solar radiation and heat the air. [ 2 ]

  3. Scale height - Wikipedia

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    The earth atmosphere's scale height is about 8.5 km, as can be confirmed from this diagram of air pressure p by altitude h: At an altitude of 0, 8.5, and 17 km, the pressure is about 1000, 370, and 140 hPa, respectively.

  4. Mars - Wikipedia

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    The highest atmospheric density on Mars is equal to that found 35 kilometres (22 mi) [117] above Earth's surface. The resulting mean surface pressure is only 0.6% of Earth's 101.3 kPa (14.69 psi). The scale height of the atmosphere is about 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi), [118] which is higher than Earth's 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), because the surface ...

  5. Climate of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Mars' atmosphere has a scale height of approximately 11 km (36,000 ft), 60% greater than that on Earth. The climate is of considerable relevance to the question of whether life is or ever has been present on the planet.

  6. Olympus Mons - Wikipedia

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    Olympus Mons (/ ə ˌ l ɪ m p ə s ˈ m ɒ n z, oʊ-/; [4] Latin for 'Mount Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars.It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), [5] about 2.5 times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level.

  7. Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-trapping ...

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    "The key elements of our paper are a novel proposal to use engineered nanoparticles to warm Mars' atmosphere, and climate modeling that suggests this approach could be much more efficient than ...

  8. Mars general circulation model - Wikipedia

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    This Mars climate model is a complex 3-dimensional (height, latitude, longitude) model, which represents the processes of atmospheric heating by gases and ground-air heat transfer, as well as large-scale atmospheric motions. [1] The model also uses geophysical boundaries which are taken from spacecraft observation.

  9. Common surface features of Mars - Wikipedia

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    In the thin atmosphere of mars, dry ice will expel carbon dioxide with vigor. ... Their height ranges from a meter to greater than 10 meters, while the width of the ...