Mars/Quiz

This color composite image, reconstructed through violet, green, and orange filters, vividly shows the distribution of clouds against the rust colored background of this Martian desert. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Mars is a lecture about the study of this astronomical object.

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Quiz

Hypotheses

Direct hits by large asteroids eliminated oceans on Mars.

External links

	photographs of the planet Venus taken in 1927
	the purple haze within a few arcseconds of the central star of the Homunculus
	the faintness of carbon stars
	the stellar abundance of aluminum
	adaptive optics
	the helium beta line

	predicting the end of the Earth
	determining the accuracy of local computers
	meteorite impacts
	demonstrating that Mars was once a comet
	predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt
	fireballs

	meteor astronomy
	cosmic-ray astronomy
	neutrals astronomy
	neutron astronomy
	proton astronomy
	beta-particle astronomy
	neutrino astronomy
	gamma-ray astronomy
	X-ray astronomy
	optical astronomy
	ultraviolet astronomy
	visual astronomy
	violet astronomy
	blue astronomy
	cyan astronomy
	green astronomy
	yellow astronomy
	orange astronomy
	red astronomy
	infrared astronomy
	submillimeter astronomy
	radio astronomy
	radar astronomy
	microwave astronomy
	superluminal astronomy

	predict the end of the Earth
	determine the accuracy of local computers
	accurately predict the equinoxes
	demonstrate that Mars was once a comet
	predict when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt
	demonstrate that the local pyramids were built by aliens

	a god of peace
	has been occulted by the Moon
	often appears reddish
	currently dormant volcanoes only on the Sun-facing side
	a breathable atmosphere

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	being in orbit around the Sun in 10,000 b2k
	imaged by the MAVEN probe
	a gas dwarf when viewed in the ultraviolet
	only slightly larger than Mercury
	may have been called Bouddha in human memory
	having little or no surface water