Mars

This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars possible owing water during the warmest months on
(disambiguation). Mars.* [25] In 2013, NASA's Curiosity rover discovered
that Mars's soil contains between 1.5% and 3% water by
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the sec- mass (about two pints of water per cubic foot or 33 liters
per cubic meter, albeit attached to other compounds and
ond smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. *
Named after the Roman god of war, it is often referred thus not freely accessible). [26]
to as the Red Planetbecause the iron oxide prevalent Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye, as
on its surface gives it a reddish appearance.* [15] Mars can its reddish coloring. Its apparent magnitude reaches
is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having sur- 2.91,* [6] which is surpassed only by Jupiter, Venus, the
face features reminiscent both of the impact craters of Moon, and the Sun. Optical ground-based telescopes are
the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar typically limited to resolving features about 300 kilome-
ice caps of Earth. The rotational period and seasonal ters (190 mi) across when Earth and Mars are closest be-
cycles of Mars are likewise similar to those of Earth, cause of Earth's atmosphere.* [27]
as is the tilt that produces the seasons. Mars is the
site of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano and second-
highest known mountain in the Solar System, and of
Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar
System. The smooth Borealis basin in the northern hemi-
sphere covers 40% of the planet and may be a giant im-
pact feature.* [16]* [17] Mars has two moons, Phobos and 1 Physical characteristics
Deimos, which are small and irregularly shaped. These
may be captured asteroids,* [18]* [19] similar to 5261 Eu-
reka, a Mars trojan.
Until the rst successful Mars yby in 1965 by Mariner
4, many speculated about the presence of liquid water on
the planet's surface. This was based on observed peri-
odic variations in light and dark patches, particularly in
the polar latitudes, which appeared to be seas and conti-
nents; long, dark striations were interpreted by some as Earth compared with Mars.
irrigation channels for liquid water. These straight line
features were later explained as optical illusions, though
geological evidence gathered by unmanned missions sug-
gests that Mars once had large-scale water coverage on
its surface at some earlier stage of its life.* [20] In 2005,
radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of wa- Animation (00:40) showing major features
ter ice at the poles* [21] and at mid-latitudes.* [22]* [23]
The Mars rover Spirit sampled chemical compounds con-
taining water molecules in March 2007. The Phoenix lan- Mars is approximately half the diameter of Earth, and
der directly sampled water ice in shallow Martian soil on its surface area is only slightly less than the total area of
July 31, 2008.* [24] Earth's dry land.* [6] Mars is less dense than Earth, having
about 15% of Earth's volume and 11% of Earth's mass.
Mars is host to seven functioning spacecraft: ve in or- Although Mars is larger and more massive than Mercury,
bit2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnais- Mercury has a higher density. This results in the two
sance Orbiter, MAVEN and Mars Orbiter Missionand planets having a nearly identical gravitational pull at the
two on the surfaceMars Exploration Rover Opportunity surfacethat of Mars is stronger by less than 1%. The
and the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity. Defunct red-orange appearance of the Martian surface is caused
spacecraft on the surface include MER-A Spirit and sev- by iron(III) oxide, more commonly known as hematite,
eral other inert landers and rovers such as the Phoenix or rust.* [28] It can also look like butterscotch,* [29] and
lander, which completed its mission in 2008. Observa- other common surface colors include golden, brown, tan,
tions by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed and greenish, depending on the minerals present.* [29]

1
2 1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

1.1 Internal structure

Like Earth, Mars has dierentiated into a dense metallic

core overlaid by less dense materials.* [30] Current mod-
els of its interior imply a core region about 1,794 65
kilometers (1,115 40 mi) in radius, consisting primar-
ily of iron and nickel with about 1617% sulfur.* [31]
This iron(II) sulde core is thought to be twice as rich
in lighter elements than Earth's core.* [32] The core is
surrounded by a silicate mantle that formed many of the
tectonic and volcanic features on the planet, but it now
appears to be dormant. Besides silicon and oxygen, the
most abundant elements in the Martian crust are iron,
magnesium, aluminum, calcium, and potassium. The av-
erage thickness of the planet's crust is about 50 km (31
mi), with a maximum thickness of 125 km (78 mi).* [32]
Earth's crust, averaging 40 km (25 mi), is only one third
as thick as Mars's crust, relative to the sizes of the two
planets. The InSight lander planned for 2016 will use a
seismometer to better constrain the models of the inte-
rior.* [33]
Geologic Map of Mars (USGS; July 14, 2014)
(full map / video)* [38]* [39]* [40]

1.2 Surface geology

sition in the Solar System. Elements with comparatively
Main article: Geology of Mars low boiling points, such as chlorine, phosphorus, and sul-
phur, are much more common on Mars than Earth; these
elements were probably removed from areas closer to the
Mars is a terrestrial planet that consists of minerals con- Sun by the young star's energetic solar wind.* [43]
taining silicon and oxygen, metals, and other elements
that typically make up rock. The surface of Mars is After the formation of the planets, all were subjected to
primarily composed of tholeiitic basalt,* [34] although the so-called "Late Heavy Bombardment". About 60%
parts are more silica-rich than typical basalt and may be of the surface of Mars shows a record of impacts from
* * *
similar to andesitic rocks on Earth or silica glass. Re- that era, [44] [45] [46] whereas much of the remaining
gions of low albedo show concentrations of plagioclase surface is probably underlain by immense impact basins
feldspar, with northern low albedo regions displaying caused by those events. There is evidence of an enormous
higher than normal concentrations of sheet silicates and impact basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars, span-
high-silicon glass. Parts of the southern highlands in- ning 10,600 by 8,500 km (6,600 by 5,300 mi), or roughly
clude detectable amounts of high-calcium pyroxenes. Lo- four times larger than the Moon's South Pole Aitken
* *
calized concentrations of hematite and olivine have also basin, the largest impact basin yet discovered. [16] [17]
been found.* [35] Much of the surface is deeply covered This theory suggests that Mars was struck by a Pluto-sized
by nely grained iron(III) oxide dust.* [36]* [37] body about four billion years ago. The event, thought to
be the cause of the Martian hemispheric dichotomy, cre-
Although Mars has no evidence of a current structured ated the smooth Borealis basin that covers 40% of the
global magnetic eld,* [41] observations show that parts planet.* [47]* [48]
of the planet's crust have been magnetized, and that alter-
nating polarity reversals of its dipole eld have occurred The geological history of Mars can be split into many
in the past. This paleomagnetism of magnetically sus- periods, but the following are the three primary peri-
* *
ceptible minerals has properties that are similar to the ods: [50] [51]
alternating bands found on the ocean oors of Earth. One
theory, published in 1999 and re-examined in October Noachian period (named after Noachis Terra):
2005 (with the help of the Mars Global Surveyor), is Formation of the oldest extant surfaces of Mars, 4.5
that these bands demonstrate plate tectonics on Mars four billion years ago to 3.5 billion years ago. Noachian
billion years ago, before the planetary dynamo ceased to age surfaces are scarred by many large impact
*
function and the planet's magnetic eld faded away. [42] craters. The Tharsis bulge, a volcanic upland, is
thought to have formed during this period, with ex-
During the Solar System's formation, Mars was created
tensive ooding by liquid water late in the period.
as the result of a stochastic process of run-away accretion
out of the protoplanetary disk that orbited the Sun. Mars Hesperian period (named after Hesperia Planum):
has many distinctive chemical features caused by its po- 3.5 billion years ago to 2.93.3 billion years ago.
1.4 Hydrology 3

Artist's impression shows how Mars may have looked about four
billion years ago.* [49]

The Hesperian period is marked by the formation

of extensive lava plains.

Amazonian period (named after Amazonis Plani- Exposure of silica-rich dust uncovered by the Spirit rover
tia): 2.93.3 billion years ago to present. Amazo-
nian regions have few meteorite impact craters, but
are otherwise quite varied. Olympus Mons formed 1.4 Hydrology
during this period, along with lava ows elsewhere
on Mars. Main article: Water on Mars
Liquid water cannot exist on the surface of Mars due to

Some geological activity is still taking place on Mars.

The Athabasca Valles is home to sheet-like lava ows up
to about 200 Mya. Water ows in the grabens called
the Cerberus Fossae occurred less than 20 Mya, indi-
cating equally recent volcanic intrusions.* [52] On Febru-
ary 19, 2008, images from the Mars Reconnaissance Or-
biter showed evidence of an avalanche from a 700 m high
cli.* [53]

1.3 Soil

Main article: Martian soil

The Phoenix lander returned data showing Martian soil
to be slightly alkaline and containing elements such as
magnesium, sodium, potassium and chlorine. These
nutrients are found in gardens on Earth, and they are
necessary for growth of plants.* [54] Experiments per-
formed by the lander showed that the Martian soil Photomicrograph taken by Opportunity showing a gray hematite
has a basic pH of 7.7, and contains 0.6% of the salt concretion, indicative of the past presence of liquid water
perchlorate.* [55]* [56]* [57]* [58]
Streaks are common across Mars and new ones appear low atmospheric *pressure, which is about 100 times thin-
frequently on steep slopes of craters, troughs, and val- ner than Earth's, *
[62] except at the lowest elevations for
*
leys. The streaks are dark at rst and get lighter with short periods. [63] [64] The two polar ice caps appear to
*
age. Sometimes, the streaks start in a tiny area which then be made largely of water. [65]* [66] The volume of water
spread out for hundreds of metres. They have also been ice in the south polar ice cap, if melted, would be su-
seen to follow the edges of boulders and other obstacles cient to cover the *
entire planetary surface to a depth of 11
in their path. The commonly accepted theories include meters (36 ft). [67] A permafrost mantle stretches from
that they are dark underlying layers of soil revealed after the pole to latitudes of about 60.* [65]
avalanches of bright dust or dust devils.* [59] Several ex- Large quantities of water ice are thought to be trapped
planations have been put forward, some of which involve within the thick cryosphere of Mars. Radar data
water or even the growth of organisms.* [60]* [61] from Mars Express and the Mars Reconnaissance Or-
4 1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

biter show large quantities of water ice both at the poles

(July 2005)* [21]* [68] and at middle latitudes (November
2008).* [22] The Phoenix lander directly sampled water
ice in shallow Martian soil on July 31, 2008.* [24]
Landforms visible on Mars strongly suggest that liq-
uid water has existed on the planet's surface. Huge
linear swathes of scoured ground, known as outow
channels, cut across the surface in around 25 places.
These are thought to record erosion which occurred dur-
ing the catastrophic release of water from subsurface
aquifers, though some of these structures have also been
hypothesized to result from the action of glaciers or
Composition ofYellowknife Bayrocks rock veins are higher
lava.* [69]* [70] One of the larger examples, Ma'adim in calcium and sulfur than Portagesoil APXS results
Vallis is 700 km (430 mi) long and much bigger than the Curiosity rover (March 2013).
Grand Canyon with a width of 20 km (12 mi) and a depth
of 2 km (1.2 mi) in some places. It is thought to have been
carved by owing water early in Mars's history.* [71] The ence of acidic water, which demonstrates that water once
youngest of these channels are thought to have formed existed on Mars.* [82] More recent evidence for liquid
as recently as only a few million years ago.* [72] Else- water comes from the nding of the mineral gypsum on
where, particularly on the oldest areas of the Martian sur- the surface by NASA's Mars rover Opportunity in De-
face, ner-scale, dendritic networks of valleys are spread cember 2011.* [83]* [84] Additionally, the study leader
across signicant proportions of the landscape. Features Francis McCubbin, a planetary scientist at the University
of these valleys and their distribution strongly imply that of New Mexico in Albuquerque looking at hydroxals in
they were carved by runo resulting from rain or snow crystalline minerals from Mars, states that the amount of
fall in early Mars history. Subsurface water ow and water in the upper mantle of Mars is equal to or greater
groundwater sapping may play important subsidiary roles than that of Earth at 50300 parts per million of water,
in some networks, but precipitation was probably the root which is enough to cover the entire planet to a depth of
cause of the incision in almost all cases.* [73] 2001,000 m (6603,280 ft).* [85]
Along crater and canyon walls, there are also thousands On March 18, 2013, NASA reported evidence from in-
of features that appear similar to terrestrial gullies. The struments on the Curiosity rover of mineral hydration,
gullies tend to be in the highlands of the southern hemi- likely hydrated calcium sulfate, in several rock samples
sphere and to face the Equator; all are poleward of 30 lat- including the broken fragments of Tintinarock and
itude. A number of authors have suggested that their for- Sutton Inlierrock as well as in veins and nodules
mation process involves liquid water, probably from melt- in other rocks like Knorrrock and Wernicke
ing ice,* [74]* [75] although others have argued for for- rock.* [86]* [87]* [88] Analysis using the rover's DAN in-
mation mechanisms involving carbon dioxide frost or the strument provided evidence of subsurface water, amount-
movement of dry dust.* [76]* [77] No partially degraded ing to as much as 4% water content, down to a depth of
gullies have formed by weathering and no superimposed 60 cm (24 in), in the rover's traverse from the Bradbury
impact craters have been observed, indicating that these Landing site to the Yellowknife Bay area in the Glenelg
are young features, possibly even active today.* [75] terrain.* [86]
Other geological features, such as deltas and alluvial fans Some researchers think that much of the low northern
preserved in craters, are further evidence for warmer, plains of the planet were covered with an ocean hundreds
wetter conditions at some interval or intervals in earlier of meters deep, though this remains controversial.* [89]
Mars history.* [78] Such conditions necessarily require In March 2015, scientists stated that such ocean might
the widespread presence of crater lakes across a large pro- have been the size of Earth's Arctic Ocean. This nd-
portion of the surface, for which there is also indepen- ing was derived from the ratio of water and deuterium
dent mineralogical, sedimentological and geomorpholog- in the modern Martian atmosphere compared to the ra-
ical evidence.* [79] tio found on Earth. Eight times as much deuterium was
Further evidence that liquid water once existed on the sur- found at Mars than exists on Earth, suggesting that an-
face of Mars comes from the detection of specic min- cient Mars had signicantly higher levels of water. Re-
erals such as hematite and goethite, both of which some- sults from the Curiosity rover had previously found a high
times form in the presence of water.* [80] Some of the ratio of deuterium in Gale Crater, though not signicantly
evidence believed to indicate ancient water basins and high enough to suggest the presence of an ocean. Other
ows has been negated by higher resolution studies by the scientists caution that this new study has not been con-
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.* [81] In 2004, Opportunity rmed, and point out that Martian climate models have
detected the mineral jarosite. This forms only in the pres- not yet shown that the planet was warm enough in the
past to support bodies of liquid water.* [90]
1.5 Geography and naming of surface features 5

1.4.1 Polar caps The seasonal frosting of some areas near the southern
ice cap results in the formation of transparent 1-metre-
Main article: Martian polar ice caps thick slabs of dry ice above the ground. With the ar-
rival of spring, sunlight warms the subsurface and pres-
sure from subliming CO2 builds up under a slab, elevat-
ing and ultimately rupturing it. This leads to geyser-like
eruptions of CO2 gas mixed with dark basaltic sand or
dust. This process is rapid, observed happening in the
space of a few days, weeks or months, a rate of change
rather unusual in geology especially for Mars. The gas
rushing underneath a slab to the site of a geyser carves
a spider-like pattern of radial channels under the ice, the
process being the inverted equivalent of an erosion net-
North polar early summer ice cap (1999)
work formed by water draining through a single plug-
hole.* [101]* [102]* [103]* [104]

1.5 Geography and naming of surface fea-

tures

Main article: Geography of Mars

South polar midsummer ice cap (2000) See also: Category:Surface features of Mars
Although better remembered for mapping the Moon,
Mars has two permanent polar ice caps. During a pole's
winter, it lies in continuous darkness, chilling the surface
and causing the deposition of 2530% of the atmosphere
into slabs of CO2 ice (dry ice).* [91] When the poles are
again exposed to sunlight, the frozen CO2 sublimes, cre-
ating enormous winds that sweep o the poles as fast
as 400 km/h (250 mph). These seasonal actions trans-
port large amounts of dust and water vapor, giving rise
to Earth-like frost and large cirrus clouds. Clouds of
water-ice were photographed by the Opportunity rover in
2004.* [92] A MOLA-based topographic map showing highlands (red and
orange) dominating the southern hemisphere of Mars, lowlands
The polar caps at both poles consist primarily (70%) of (blue) the northern. Volcanic plateaus delimit the northern plains
water ice. Frozen carbon dioxide accumulates as a com- in some regions, whereas the highlands are punctuated by several
paratively thin layer about one metre thick on the north large impact basins.
cap in the northern winter only, whereas the south cap has
a permanent dry ice cover about eight metres thick.* [93] Johann Heinrich Mdler and Wilhelm Beer were the rst
This permanent dry ice cover at the south pole is pep- areographers. They began by establishing that most of
pered by at oored, shallow, roughly circular pits, which Mars's surface features were permanent and by more pre-
repeat imaging shows are expanding by meters per year; cisely determining the planet's rotation period. In 1840,
this suggests that the permanent CO2 cover over the south Mdler combined ten years of observations and drew the
pole water ice is degrading over time.* [94] The north- rst map of Mars. Rather than giving names to the var-
ern polar cap has a diameter of about 1,000 km (620 ious markings, Beer and Mdler simply designated them
mi) during the northern Mars summer,* [95] and contains with letters; Meridian Bay (Sinus Meridiani) was thus
about 1.6 million cubic kilometres (380,000 cu mi) of ice, feature "a".* [105]
which, if spread evenly on the cap, would be 2 km (1.2
mi) thick.* [96] (This compares to a volume of 2.85 mil- Today, features on Mars are named from a variety of
lion cubic kilometres (680,000 cu mi) for the Greenland sources. Albedo features are named for classical mythol-
ice sheet.) The southern polar cap has a diameter of 350 ogy. Craters larger than 60 km are named for deceased
km (220 mi) and a thickness of 3 km (1.9 mi).* [97] The scientists and writers and others who have contributed to
total volume of ice in the south polar cap plus the adja- the study of Mars. Craters smaller than 60 km are named
cent layered deposits has also been estimated at 1.6 mil- for towns and villages of the world with populations of
lion cubic km.* [98] Both polar caps show spiral troughs, less than 100,000. Large valleys are named for the word
which recent analysis of SHARAD ice penetrating radar Marsorstarin various languages; small valleys are
has shown are a result of katabatic winds that spiral due named for rivers.* [106]
to the Coriolis Eect.* [99]* [100] Large albedo features retain many of the older names, but
6 1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

are often updated to reect new knowledge of the nature

of the features. For example, Nix Olympica (the snows Arcadia
of Olympus) has become Olympus Mons (Mount Olym- MC-04
pus).* [107] The surface of Mars as seen from Earth is
divided into two kinds of areas, with diering albedo.
The paler plains covered with dust and sand rich in red- Mare Acidalium
dish iron oxides were once thought of as Martian con- MC-05
tinentsand given names like Arabia Terra (land of
Arabia) or Amazonis Planitia (Amazonian plain). The Ismenius Lacus
dark features were thought to be seas, hence their names MC-06
Mare Erythraeum, Mare Sirenum and Aurorae Sinus.
The largest dark feature seen from Earth is Syrtis Ma-
jor Planum.* [108] The permanent northern polar ice cap Casius
is named Planum Boreum, whereas the southern cap is MC-07
called Planum Australe.
Mars's equator is dened by its rotation, but the location Cebrenia
of its Prime Meridian was specied, as was Earth's (at MC-08
Greenwich), by choice of an arbitrary point; Mdler and
Beer selected a line in 1830 for their rst maps of Mars. Amazonis
After the spacecraft Mariner 9 provided extensive im- MC-09
agery of Mars in 1972, a small crater (later called Airy-0),
located in the Sinus Meridiani
( Middle BayorMerid-
Tharsis
ian Bay), was chosen for the denition of 0.0 longitude
MC-10
to coincide with the original selection.* [109]
Because Mars has no oceans and hence no sea level,
Lunae Palus
a zero-elevation surface also had to be selected as a ref-
MC-11
erence level; this is also called the areoid* [110] of Mars,
analogous to the terrestrial geoid. Zero altitude was de-
ned by the height at which there is 610.5 Pa (6.105 Oxia Palus
mbar) of atmospheric pressure.* [111] This pressure cor- MC-12
responds to the triple point of water, and it is about
0.6% of the sea level surface pressure on Earth (0.006 Arabia
atm).* [112] In practice, today this surface is dened di- MC-13
rectly from satellite gravity measurements.

Syrtis Major
MC-14
1.5.1 Map of quadrangles

The following imagemap of the planet Mars is divided Amenthes

into the 30 quadrangles dened by the United States Ge- MC-15
ological Survey* [113]* [114] The quadrangles are num-
bered with the prex MCfor Mars Chart.* [115] Elysium
Click on the quadrangle and you will be taken to the cor- MC-16
responding article pages. North is at the top; 0N 180W
/ 0N 180W is at the far left on the equator. The map
Memnonia
images were taken by the Mars Global Surveyor.
MC-17
0N 180W / 0N 180W
0N 0W / 0N 0E
Phoenicis
90N 0W / 90N 0E
MC-18
MC-01

Coprates
Mare Boreum
MC-19
MC-02

Margaritifer
Diacria
MC-20
MC-03
1.5 Geography and naming of surface features 7

ern highlands, pitted and cratered by ancient impacts. Re-

Sabaeus search in 2008 has presented evidence regarding a theory
MC-21 proposed in 1980 postulating that, four billion years ago,
the northern hemisphere of Mars was struck by an ob-
ject one-tenth to two-thirds the size of Earth's Moon. If
Iapygia validated, this would make the northern hemisphere of
MC-22 Mars the site of an impact crater 10,600 by 8,500 km
(6,600 by 5,300 mi) in size, or roughly the area of Eu-
Tyrrhenum rope, Asia, and Australia combined, surpassing the South
MC-23 PoleAitken basin as the largest impact crater in the Solar
System.* [16]* [17]

Aeolis
MC-24

Phaethontis
MC-25
Fresh asteroid impact on Mars 320N 21923E / 3.34N
Thaumasia 219.38E - before/March 27 & after/March 28, 2012
MC-26 (MRO).* [116]

Mars is scarred by a number of impact craters: a total of

Argyre
43,000 craters with a diameter of 5 km (3.1 mi) or greater
MC-27
have been found.* [117] The largest conrmed of these is
the Hellas impact basin, a light albedo feature clearly vis-
Noachis ible from Earth.* [118] Due to the smaller mass of Mars,
MC-28 the probability of an object colliding with the planet is
about half that of Earth. Mars is located closer to the
Hellas asteroid belt, so it has an increased chance of being struck
MC-29 by materials from that source. Mars is also more likely to
be struck by short-period comets, i.e., those that lie within
the orbit of Jupiter.* [119] In spite of this, there are far
Eridania fewer craters on Mars compared with the Moon, because
MC-30 the atmosphere of Mars provides protection against small
meteors. Some craters have a morphology that suggests
Mare Australe the ground became wet after the meteor impacted.* [120]

1.5.3 Volcanoes
1.5.2 Impact topography
Main article: Volcanism on Mars

The shield volcano Olympus Mons (Mount Olympus) is an

extinct volcano in the vast upland region Tharsis, which
contains several other large volcanoes. Olympus Mons is
roughly three times the height of Mount Everest, which in
comparison stands at just over 8.8 km (5.5 mi).* [121] It
is either the tallest or second tallest mountain in the Solar
System, depending on how it is measured, with various
sources giving gures ranging from about 21 to 27 km
(13 to 17 mi) high.* [122]* [123]

1.5.4 Tectonic sites

Bonneville crater and Spirit rover's lander
The large canyon, Valles Marineris (Latin for Mariner
The dichotomy of Martian topography is striking: north- Valleys, also known as Agathadaemon in the old canal
ern plains attened by lava ows contrast with the south- maps), has a length of 4,000 km (2,500 mi) and a depth
8 1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

theseven sisters.* [127] Cave entrances measure from

100 to 252 m (328 to 827 ft) wide and they are believed
to be at least 73 to 96 m (240 to 315 ft) deep. Because
light does not reach the oor of most of the caves, it is
possible that they extend much deeper than these lower
estimates and widen below the surface. Denais the
only exception; its oor is visible and was measured to be
130 m (430 ft) deep. The interiors of these caverns may
be protected from micrometeoroids, UV radiation, solar
ares and high energy particles that bombard the planet's
surface.* [128]

1.6 Atmosphere

Main article: Atmosphere of Mars

Viking orbiter view of Olympus Mons

Escaping atmosphere on Mars (carbon, oxygen, and

MOLA colorized shaded-relief map of western hemisphere of hydrogen) by MAVEN in UV.* [129]
Mars showing Tharsis bulge (shades of red and brown). Tall
volcanoes appear white.
Mars lost its magnetosphere 4 billion years ago,* [130]
possibly because of numerous asteroid strikes,* [131]
of up to 7 km (4.3 mi). The length of Valles Marineris so the solar wind interacts directly with the Martian
is equivalent to the length of Europe and extends across ionosphere, lowering the atmospheric density by strip-
one-fth the circumference of Mars. By comparison, the ping away atoms from the outer layer. Both Mars
Grand Canyon on Earth is only 446 km (277 mi) long Global Surveyor and Mars Express have detected ionised
and nearly 2 km (1.2 mi) deep. Valles Marineris was atmospheric particles trailing o into space behind
formed due to the swelling of the Tharsis area which Mars,* [130]* [132] and this atmospheric loss is being
caused the crust in the area of Valles Marineris to col- studied by the MAVEN orbiter. Compared to Earth, the
lapse. In 2012, it was proposed that Valles Marineris is atmosphere of Mars is quite rareed. Atmospheric pres-
not just a graben, but also a plate boundary where 150 sure on the surface today ranges from a low of 30 Pa
km (93 mi) of transverse motion has occurred, making (0.030 kPa) on Olympus Mons to over 1,155 Pa (1.155
Mars a planet with possibly a two-plate tectonic arrange- kPa) in Hellas Planitia, with a mean pressure at the sur-
ment.* [124]* [125] face level of 600 Pa (0.60 kPa).* [133] The highest atmo-
spheric density on Mars is equal to that found 35 km (22
mi)* [134] above Earth's surface. The resulting mean sur-
1.5.5 Holes face pressure is only 0.6% of that of Earth (101.3 kPa).
The scale height of the atmosphere is about 10.8 km (6.7
Images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System mi),* [135] which is higher than Earth's (6 km (3.7 mi))
(THEMIS) aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter have because the surface gravity of Mars is only about 38%
revealed seven possible cave entrances on the anks of of Earth's, an eect oset by both the lower temperature
the volcano Arsia Mons.* [126] The caves, named after and 50% higher average molecular weight of the atmo-
loved ones of their discoverers, are collectively known as sphere of Mars.
1.6 Atmosphere 9

Potential sources and sinks of methane (CH4 ) on Mars.

likely reside far below the surface, outside of the rover's

reach.* [145] The rst measurements with the Tunable
Laser Spectrometer (TLS) indicated that there is less
than 5 ppb of methane at the landing site at the point of
The tenuous atmosphere of Mars visible on the horizon. the measurement.* [146]* [147]* [148]* [149] On Septem-
ber 19, 2013, NASA scientists, from further measure-
ments by Curiosity, reported no detection of atmospheric
The atmosphere of Mars consists of about 96% carbon methane with a measured value of 0.180.67 ppbv corre-
dioxide, 1.93% argon and 1.89% nitrogen along with sponding to an upper limit of only 1.3 ppbv (95% con-
traces of oxygen and water.* [6]* [136] The atmosphere dence limit) and, as a result, conclude that the probability
is quite dusty, containing particulates about 1.5 m in di- of current methanogenic microbial activity on Mars is re-
ameter which give the Martian sky a tawny color when duced.* [150]* [151]* [152]
seen from the surface.* [137]
The Mars Orbiter Mission by India is searching for
Methane has been detected in the Martian atmosphere methane in the atmosphere,* [153] while the ExoMars
with a mole fraction of about 30 ppb;* [14]* [138] it oc- Trace Gas Orbiter, planned to launch in 2016, would fur-
curs in extended plumes, and the proles imply that the ther study the methane as well as its decomposition prod-
methane was released from discrete regions. In northern ucts, such as formaldehyde and methanol.* [154]
midsummer, the principal plume contained 19,000 met-
ric tons of methane, with an estimated source strength On 16 December 2014, NASA reported the Curiosity
of 0.6 kilograms per second.* [139]* [140] The proles rover detected atenfold spike, likely localized, in the
suggest that there may be two local source regions, the amount of methane in the Martian atmosphere. Sample
rst centered near 30N 260W / 30N 260W and the measurements taken a dozen times over 20 months
second near 0N 310W / 0N 310W.* [139] It is es- showed increases in late 2013 and early 2014, averaging
timated that Mars must produce 270 tonnes per year of 7 parts of methane per billion in the atmosphere.Be-
methane.* [139]* [141] fore and after that, readings averaged around one-tenth
that level.* [155]* [156]
Methane can exist in the Martian atmosphere for only a
limited period before it is destroyedestimates of its life- Ammonia was also tentatively detected on Mars by the
time range from 0.64 years.* [139]* [142] Its presence Mars Express satellite, but with its relatively short life-
despite this short lifetime indicates that an active source time, it is not clear what produced it.* [157] Ammonia is
of the gas must be present. Volcanic activity, cometary not stable in the Martian atmosphere and breaks down
impacts, and the presence of methanogenic microbial after a few hours. One possible source is volcanic activ-
life forms are among possible sources. Methane could ity.* [157]
also be produced by a non-biological process called
serpentinization* [lower-alpha 2] involving water, carbon
1.6.1 Aurora
dioxide, and the mineral olivine, which is known to be
common on Mars.* [143] In 1994 the European Space Agency's Mars Express
The Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in August found an ultraviolet glow coming from magnetic um-
2012, is able to make measurements that distinguish brellasin the southern hemisphere. Mars does not have
between dierent isotopologues of methane,* [144] but a global magnetic eld which guides charged particles
even if the mission is to determine that microscopic Mar- entering the atmosphere. Mars has multiple umbrella-
tian life is the source of the methane, the life forms shaped magnetic elds mainly in the southern hemi-
10 2 ORBIT AND ROTATION

sphere, which are remnants of a global eld that decayed ern hemisphere and summer in the north. As a result, the
billions of years ago. seasons in the southern hemisphere are more extreme and
In late December 2014, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft de- the seasons in the northern are milder than would other-
tected evidence of widespread auroras in Mars's north- wise be the case. The summer temperatures in the south
ern hemisphere and descended to approximately 2030 can reach up to 30 K (30 C; 54 F) warmer *
than the
degrees North latitude of Mars's equator. The parti- equivalent summer temperatures in the north. [162]
cles causing the aurora penetrated into the Martian at- Mars also has the largest dust storms in the Solar System.
mosphere, creating auroras below 100 km above the sur- These can vary from a storm over a small area, to gigantic
face, Earth's auroras range from 100 km to 500 km above storms that cover the entire planet. They tend to occur
the surface. Magnetic elds in the solar wind drape over when Mars is closest to the Sun, and have been shown to
Mars, into the atmosphere, and the charged particles fol- increase the global temperature.* [163]
low the solar wind magnetic eld lines into the atmo-
sphere, causing aurora's to occur outside the magnetic
umbrellas.* [158] 2 Orbit and rotation
On 18 March 2015, NASA reported the detection of an
aurora that is not fully understood and an unexplained Main article: Orbit of Mars
dust cloud in the atmosphere of Mars.* [159] Mars's average distance from the Sun is roughly 230 mil-

1.7 Climate

Main article: Climate of Mars

Dust storm on Mars.

November 18, 2012

November 25, 2012

Opportunity and Curiosity rovers are noted.
Mars is about 230 million kilometres (143,000,000 mi) from the
Of all the planets in the Solar System, the seasons of Mars Sun; its orbital period is 687 (Earth) days, depicted in red. Earth's
are the most Earth-like, due to the similar tilts of the orbit is in blue.
two planets' rotational axes. The lengths of the Martian
lion kilometres (143,000,000 mi), and its orbital period
seasons are about twice those of Earth's because Mars's
greater distance from the Sun leads to the Martian year is 687 (Earth) days. The solar day (or sol) on Mars is only
slightly longer than an Earth day: 24 hours, 39 minutes,
being about two Earth years long. Martian surface tem-
peratures vary from lows of about 143 C (225 F) and 35.244 seconds. A Martian year is equal to 1.8809
at the winter polar caps* [8] to highs of up to 35 C (95 Earth years, or 1 year, 320 days, and 18.2 hours.* [6]
F) in equatorial summer.* [9] The wide range in temper- The axial tilt of Mars is 25.19 degrees relative to its
atures is due to the thin atmosphere which cannot store orbital plane, which is similar to the axial tilt of Earth.* [6]
much solar heat, the low atmospheric pressure, and the As a result, Mars has seasons like Earth, though on Mars,
low thermal inertia of Martian soil.* [160] The planet is they are nearly twice as long because its orbital period is
also 1.52 times as far from the Sun as Earth, resulting in that much longer. Currently, the orientation of the north
just 43% of the amount of sunlight.* [161] pole of Mars is close to the star Deneb.* [11] Mars passed
If Mars had an Earth-like orbit, its seasons would be sim- an aphelion in March 2010* [164] and its perihelion in
*
ilar to Earth's because its axial tilt is similar to Earth's. March 2011.
*
[165] The next aphelion came in Febru-
The comparatively large eccentricity of the Martian orbit ary 2012 [165] and the next perihelion came in January
*
has a signicant eect. Mars is near perihelion when it 2013. [165]
is summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the Mars has a relatively pronounced orbital eccentricity of
north, and near aphelion when it is winter in the south- about 0.09; of the seven other planets in the Solar System,
 11

only Mercury has a larger orbital eccentricity. It is known

that in the past, Mars has had a much more circular orbit
than it does currently. At one point, 1.35 million Earth
years ago, Mars had an eccentricity of roughly 0.002,
much less than that of Earth today.* [166] Mars's cycle of
eccentricity is 96,000 Earth years compared to Earth's cy-
cle of 100,000 years.* [167] Mars also has a much longer
cycle of eccentricity with a period of 2.2 million Earth
years, and this overshadows the 96,000-year cycle in the
eccentricity graphs. For the last 35,000 years, the orbit of
Mars has been getting slightly more eccentric because of
the gravitational eects of the other planets. The closest
distance between Earth and Mars will continue to mildly
decrease for the next 25,000 years.* [168]

3 Search for life

Main articles: Life on Mars and Viking lander biological
experiments
The current understanding of planetary habitabilitythe

Curiosity rover self-portrait at "Rocknest" (October 31, 2012),

with the rim of Gale Crater and the slopes of Aeolis Mons in the
distance.

more habitable than it is today, but whether living

Viking 1 Lander - sampling arm created deep trenches, scooping
organisms ever existed there remains unknown. The
up material for tests (Chryse Planitia). Viking probes of the mid-1970s carried experiments de-
signed to detect microorganisms in Martian soil at their
ability of a world to develop and sustain lifefavors plan- respective landing sites and had positive results, includ-
ets that have liquid water on their surface. This most often ing a temporary increase of CO2 production on exposure
requires that the orbit of a planet lie within the habitable to water and nutrients. This sign of life was later dis-
zone, which for the Sun extends from just beyond Venus puted by some scientists, resulting in a continuing debate,
to about the semi-major axis of Mars.* [169] During per- with NASA scientist Gilbert Levin asserting that Viking
ihelion, Mars dips inside this region, but the planet's thin may have found life. A re-analysis of the Viking data,
(low-pressure) atmosphere prevents liquid water from ex- in light of modern knowledge of extremophile forms of
isting over large regions for extended periods. The past life, has suggested that the Viking tests were not sophis-
ow of liquid water demonstrates the planet's potential ticated enough to detect these forms of life. The tests
for habitability. Some recent evidence has suggested that could even have killed a (hypothetical) life form.* [172]
any water on the Martian surface may have been too salty Tests conducted by the Phoenix Mars lander have shown
and acidic to support regular terrestrial life.* [170] that the soil has a alkaline pH and it contains magnesium,
sodium, potassium and chloride.* [173] The soil nutrients
The lack of a magnetosphere and extremely thin atmo- may be able to support life, but life would still have to
sphere of Mars are a challenge: the planet has little heat be shielded from the intense ultraviolet light.* [174] A re-
transfer across its surface, poor insulation against bom- cent analysis of martian meteorite EETA79001 found 0.6
bardment of the solar wind and insucient atmospheric ppm ClO4 * , 1.4 ppm ClO3 * , and 16 ppm NO3 * , most
pressure to retain water in a liquid form (water instead likely of martian origin. The ClO3 * suggests presence
sublimes to a gaseous state). Mars is also nearly, or of other highly oxidizing oxychlorines such as ClO2 *
perhaps totally, geologically dead; the end of volcanic or ClO, produced both by UV oxidation of Cl and X-
activity has apparently stopped the recycling of chemi- ray radiolysis of ClO4 * . Thus only highly refractory
cals and minerals between the surface and interior of the and/or well-protected (sub-surface) organics or life forms
planet.* [171] are likely to survive.* [175] In addition, recent analysis
Evidence suggests that the planet was once signicantly of the Phoenix WCL showed that the Ca(ClO4 )2 in the
12 5 EXPLORATION

Phoenix soil has not interacted with liquid water of any nature of the Martian general circulation, microscale
form, perhaps for as long as 600 Myr. If it had, the weather systems, local hydrological cycle, destructive po-
highly soluble Ca(ClO4 )2 in contact with liquid water tential of UV radiation, and subsurface habitability based
would have formed only CaSO4. This suggests a severely on ground-atmosphere interaction.* [187]* [188] It landed
arid environment, with minimal or no liquid water inter- on Mars as part of Curiosity (MSL) in August 2012.
action.* [176]

5 Exploration

Main article: Exploration of Mars

In addition to observation from Earth, some of the lat-

Alga crater - detection of impact glass deposits (green spots) -

possible site for preserved ancient life.* [177]

Some scientists have proposed that carbonate globules

found in meteorite ALH84001, which is thought to have
originated from Mars, could be fossilized microbes ex- Panorama of Gusev crater, where Spirit rover examined volcanic
tant on Mars when the meteorite was blasted from the basalts
Martian surface by a meteor strike some 15 million years
ago. This proposal has been met with skepticism, and an
exclusively inorganic origin for the shapes has also been est Mars information comes from seven active probes on
proposed.* [178] or in-orbit around Mars, including ve orbiters and two
rovers. This includes 2001 Mars Odyssey,* [189] Mars Ex-
Small quantities of methane and formaldehyde detected press, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, Mars Or-
by Mars orbiters are both claimed to be possible evidence biter Mission, Opportunity, and Curiosity.
for life, as these chemical compounds would quickly
break down in the Martian atmosphere.* [179]* [180] Al- Dozens of unmanned spacecraft, including orbiters,
ternatively, these compounds may instead be replen- landers, and rovers, have been sent to Mars by the Soviet
ished by volcanic or other geological means, such as Union, the United States, Europe, and India to study the
serpentinization.* [143] planet's surface, climate, and geology. The public can re-
quest images of Mars via the HiWish program.
Impact glass, formed by the impact of meteors, which
on Earth can preserve signs of life, has been found on The Mars Science Laboratory, named Curiosity, launched
the surface of the impact craters on Mars.* [181]* [182] on November 26, 2011, and reached Mars on August
Likewise, the glass in impact craters on Mars could 6, 2012 UTC. It is larger and more advanced than the
have preserved some signs of life if life existed at the Mars Exploration Rovers, with a movement rate up to 90
site.* [183]* [184]* [185] m (300 ft) per hour.* [190] Experiments include a laser
chemical sampler that can deduce the make-up of rocks
at a distance of 7 m (23 ft).* [191] On February 10, 2013,
the Curiosity rover obtained the rst deep rock samples
4 Habitability ever taken from another planetary body, using its on-
board drill.* [192]
See also: Planetary habitability On September 24, 2014, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),
launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation,
The German Aerospace Center discovered that Earth reached Mars orbit. ISRO launched MOM on Novem-
lichens can survive in simulated Mars conditions, mak- ber 5, 2013, with the aim of analyzing the Martian atmo-
ing the presence of life more plausible according to sphere and topography. The Mars Orbiter Mission used
researcher Tilman Spohn.* [186] The simulation based a Hohmann transfer orbit to escape Earth's gravitational
temperatures, atmospheric pressure, minerals, and light inuence and catapult into a nine-month-long voyage to
on data from Mars probes.* [186] An instrument called Mars. The mission is the rst successful Asian interplan-
REMS is designed to provide new clues about the sig- etary mission.* [193]
 13

5.1 Future

Main article: Exploration of Mars Timeline of Mars

exploration

Planned for March 2016 is the launch of the InSight lan-

der, together with two identical CubeSats that will y
by Mars and provide landing telemetry. The lander and
CubeSats are planned to arrive at Mars in September
2016.* [194] Comet Siding Spring to pass near Mars on October 19, 2014
The European Space Agency, in collaboration with (Hubble; March 11, 2014).
Roscosmos, will deploy the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
and Schiaparelli lander in 2016, and the ExoMars rover in
2018. NASA plans to launch its Mars 2020 astrobiology There are various phenomena, well-known on Earth,
rover in 2020. that have been observed on Mars, such as meteors and
auroras.* [197] A transit of Earth as seen from Mars
The United Arab Emirates' Mars Hope orbiter is planned will occur on November 10, 2084.* [198] There are also
for launch in 2020, reaching Mars orbit in 2021. The transits of Mercury and transits of Venus, and the moons
probe will make a global study of the Martian atmo- Phobos and Deimos are of suciently small angular
sphere.* [195] diameter that their partial eclipsesof the Sun are
Several plans for a human mission to Mars have been pro- best considered transits (see Transit of Deimos from
* *
posed throughout the 20th century and into the 21st cen- Mars). [199] [200]
tury, but no active plan has an arrival date sooner than On October 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring passed ex-
2025. tremely close to Mars, so close that the coma may have
enveloped Mars.* [201]* [202]* [203]* [204]* [205]* [206]

6 Astronomy on Mars
Main article: Astronomy on Mars
With the existence of various orbiters, landers, and

Tracking sunspots from Mars

Comet Siding Spring Mars yby on October 19, 2014

(artist's concepts)

POV: Universe

Phobos transits the Sun (Opportunity; March 10, 2004).

rovers, it is now possible to do astronomy from Mars.

Although Mars's moon Phobos appears about one third
the angular diameter of the full moon as it appears from
Earth, Deimos appears more or less star-like and appears
only slightly brighter than Venus does from Earth.* [196] POV: Comet
14 7 VIEWING

POV: Mars

Animation of the apparent retrograde motion of Mars in 2003 as

seen from Earth

the Sun's glare for months at a time. At its most favorable

timesat 15- or 17-year intervals, and always between
late July and late Septembera lot of surface detail can
be seen with a telescope. Especially noticeable, even at
low magnication, are the polar ice caps.* [208]
As Mars approaches opposition, it begins a period of
retrograde motion, which means it will appear to move
backwards in a looping motion with respect to the back-
ground stars. The duration of this retrograde motion lasts
for about 72 days, and Mars reaches its peak luminosity
in the middle of this motion.* [209]

7.1 Closest approaches

Close encounter of Comet Siding Spring with the planet

Mars
(composite image; Hubble ST; October 19, 2014).

7 Viewing
Because the orbit of Mars is eccentric, its apparent mag-
nitude at opposition from the Sun can range from 3.0 to
1.4. The minimum brightness is magnitude +1.6 when Mars as seen from Earth orbit by Hubble
the planet is in conjunction with the Sun.* [10] Mars usu-
ally appears distinctly yellow, orange, or red; the actual
color of Mars is closer to butterscotch, and the redness 7.1.1 Relative
seen is just dust in the planet's atmosphere. NASA's
Spirit rover has taken pictures of a greenish-brown, mud- The point at which Mars's geocentric longitude is 180
colored landscape with blue-grey rocks and patches of dierent from the Sun's is known as opposition, which is
light red sand.* [207] When farthest away from Earth, it is near the time of closest approach to Earth. The time of
more than seven times as far from the latter as when it is opposition can occur as much as 8.5 days away from the
closest. When least favorably positioned, it can be lost in closest approach. The distance at close approach varies
 15

between about 54* [210] and about 103 million km due 8 Historical observations
to the planets' elliptical orbits, which causes comparable
variation in angular size.* [211] The last Mars opposition Main article: History of Mars observation
occurred on April 8, 2014 at a distance of about 93 mil-
lion km.* [212] The next Mars opposition occurs on May
22, 2016 at a distance of 76 million km.* [212] The aver- The history of observations of Mars is marked by the op-
age time between the successive oppositions of Mars, its positions of Mars, when the planet is closest to Earth and
synodic period, is 780 days but the number of days be- hence is most easily visible, which occur every couple of
tween the dates of successive oppositions can range from years. Even more notable are the perihelic oppositions
764 to 812.* [213] of Mars, which occur every 15 or 17 years and are dis-
tinguished because Mars is close to perihelion, making it
As Mars approaches opposition it begins a period of even closer to Earth.
retrograde motion, which makes it appear to move back-
wards in a looping motion relative to the background
stars. The duration of this retrograde motion is about 72 8.1 Ancient and medieval observations
days.
The existence of Mars as a wandering object in the night
sky was recorded by the ancient Egyptian astronomers
and by 1534 BCE they were familiar with the retrograde
7.1.2 Absolute, around the present time motion of the planet.* [215] By the period of the Neo-
Babylonian Empire, the Babylonian astronomers were
making regular records of the positions of the planets and
systematic observations of their behavior. For Mars, they
knew that the planet made 37 synodic periods, or 42 cir-
cuits of the zodiac, every 79 years. They also invented
arithmetic methods for making minor corrections to the
predicted positions of the planets.* [216]* [217]
In the fourth century BCE, Aristotle noted that Mars
disappeared behind the Moon during an occultation, in-
dicating the planet was farther away.* [218] Ptolemy, a
Greek living in Alexandria,* [219] attempted to address
the problem of the orbital motion of Mars. Ptolemy's
model and his collective work on astronomy was pre-
sented in the multi-volume collection Almagest, which
became the authoritative treatise on Western astronomy
for the next fourteen centuries.* [220] Literature from an-
cient China conrms that Mars was known by Chinese as-
tronomers by no later than the fourth century BCE.* [221]
In the fth century CE, the Indian astronomical text
Surya Siddhanta estimated the diameter of Mars.* [222]
In the East Asian cultures, Mars is traditionally referred
to as the re star( ), based on the Five ele-
Mars oppositions from 20032018, viewed from above the eclip- ments.* [223]* [224]* [225]
tic with Earth centered
During the seventeenth century, Tycho Brahe measured
the diurnal parallax of Mars that Johannes Kepler used
Mars made its closest approach to Earth and maximum to make a preliminary calculation of the relative distance
apparent brightness in nearly 60,000 years, 55,758,006 to the planet.* [226] When the telescope became avail-
km (0.37271925 AU; 34,646,419 mi), magnitude 2.88, able, the diurnal parallax of Mars was again measured in
on August 27, 2003 at 9:51:13 UT. This occurred when an eort to determine the Sun-Earth distance. This was
Mars was one day from opposition and about three days rst performed by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1672.
from its perihelion, making it particularly easy to see from The early parallax measurements were hampered by the
Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have quality of the instruments.* [227] The only occultation of
been on September 12, 57 617 BC, the next time be- Mars by Venus observed was that of October 13, 1590,
ing in 2287.* [214] This record approach was only slightly seen by Michael Maestlin at Heidelberg.* [228] In 1610,
closer than other recent close approaches. For instance, Mars was viewed by Galileo Galilei, who was rst to see
the minimum distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37285 it via telescope.* [229] The rst person to draw a map of
AU, and the minimum distance on August 24, 2208 will Mars that displayed any terrain features was the Dutch
be 0.37279 AU.* [167] astronomer Christiaan Huygens.* [230]
16 9 IN CULTURE

8.2 Martian canals any speculations. As bigger telescopes were used, fewer
long, straight canali were observed. During an obser-
vation in 1909 by Flammarion with an 84 cm (33 in)
telescope, irregular patterns were observed, but no canali
were seen.* [236]
Even in the 1960s articles were published on Martian bi-
ology, putting aside explanations other than life for the
seasonal changes on Mars. Detailed scenarios for the
metabolism and chemical cycles for a functional ecosys-
Map of Mars by Giovanni Schiaparelli tem have been published.* [237]

8.3 Spacecraft visitation

Main article: Exploration of Mars
Once spacecraft visited the planet during NASA's
Mars sketched as observed by Lowell sometime before
1914. (South top)

Map of Mars from Hubble Space Telescope as seen near

the 1999 opposition. (North top) Foothills of Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp) (white-balanced im-
Main article: Martian canal age).

Mariner missions in the 1960s and 70s these concepts

By the 19th century, the resolution of telescopes reached
were radically broken. In addition, the results of the
a level sucient for surface features to be identied. A
Viking life-detection experiments aided an intermission
perihelic opposition of Mars occurred on September 5,
in which the hypothesis of a hostile, dead planet was gen-
1877. In that year, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schia-
erally accepted.* [238]
parelli used a 22 cm (8.7 in) telescope in Milan to help
produce the rst detailed map of Mars. These maps no- Mariner 9 and Viking allowed better maps of Mars to be
made using the data from these missions, and another ma-
tably contained features he called canali, which were later
shown to be an optical illusion. These canali were suppos-jor leap forward was the Mars Global Surveyor mission,
edly long, straight lines on the surface of Mars, to whichlaunched in 1996 and operated until late 2006, that al-
he gave names of famous rivers on Earth. His term, which lowed complete, extremely detailed maps of the Martian
means channelsor grooves, was popularly mis- topography, magnetic eld and surface minerals to be ob-
translated in English as canals.* [231]* [232] tained.* [239] These maps are now available online; for
example, at Google Mars. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Inuenced by the observations, the orientalist Percival
and Mars Express continued exploring with new instru-
Lowell founded an observatory which had 30 and 45 cm
ments, and supporting lander missions.
(12 and 18 in) telescopes. The observatory was used
for the exploration of Mars during the last good oppor-
tunity in 1894 and the following less favorable opposi-
tions. He published several books on Mars and life on the 9 In culture
planet, which had a great inuence on the public.* [233]
The canali were also found by other astronomers, like Main articles: Mars in culture and Mars in ction
Henri Joseph Perrotin and Louis Thollon in Nice, using Mars is named after the Roman god of war. In dier-
one of the largest telescopes of that time.* [234]* [235] ent cultures, Mars represents masculinity and youth. Its
The seasonal changes (consisting of the diminishing of symbol, a circle with an arrow pointing out to the upper
the polar caps and the dark areas formed during Martian right, is also used as a symbol for the male gender.
summer) in combination with the canals lead to specula- The many failures in Mars exploration probes resulted in a
tion about life on Mars, and it was a long-held belief that satirical counter-culture blaming the failures on an Earth-
Mars contained vast seas and vegetation. The telescope Mars "Bermuda Triangle", a "Mars Curse", or a "Great
never reached the resolution required to give proof to Galactic Ghoul" that feeds on Martian spacecraft.* [240]
 9.1 Intelligent Martians 17

9.1 Intelligent Martians

Main article: Mars in ction An 1893 soap ad playing on the popular idea that Mars was
populated
The fashionable idea that Mars was populated by
intelligent Martians exploded in the late 19th cen- In a New York Times article in 1901, Edward Charles
tury. Schiaparelli'scanaliobservations combined with Pickering, director of the Harvard College Observatory,
Percival Lowell's books on the subject put forward the said that they had received a telegram from Lowell Obser-
standard notion of a planet that was a drying, cooling, vatory in Arizona that seemed to conrm that Mars was
dying world with ancient civilizations constructing irriga- trying to communicate with Earth.* [246]
tion works.* [241]
Many other observations and proclamations by notable Early in December 1900, we received from
personalities added to what has been termed Mars Lowell Observatory in Arizona a telegram that
Fever.* [242] In 1899 while investigating atmospheric a shaft of light had been seen to project from
radio noise using his receivers in his Colorado Springs Mars (the Lowell observatory makes a spe-
lab, inventor Nikola Tesla observed repetitive signals that cialty of Mars) lasting seventy minutes. I wired
he later surmised might have been radio communications these facts to Europe and sent out neostyle
coming from another planet, possibly Mars. In a 1901 copies through this country. The observer
interview Tesla said: there is a careful, reliable man and there is no
reason to doubt that the light existed. It was
It was some time afterward when the given as from a well-known geographical point
thought ashed upon my mind that the distur- on Mars. That was all. Now the story has gone
bances I had observed might be due to an in- the world over. In Europe it is stated that I
telligent control. Although I could not deci- have been in communication with Mars, and all
pher their meaning, it was impossible for me sorts of exaggerations have spring up. What-
to think of them as having been entirely acci- ever the light was, we have no means of know-
dental. The feeling is constantly growing on me ing. Whether it had intelligence or not, no one
that I had been the rst to hear the greeting of can say. It is absolutely inexplicable.* [246]
one planet to another.* [243]

Tesla's theories gained support from Lord Kelvin who, Pickering later proposed creating a set of mirrors in
while visiting the United States in 1902, was reported Texas, intended to signal Martians.* [247]
to have said that he thought Tesla had picked up Mar- In recent decades, the high-resolution mapping of the sur-
tian signals being sent to the United States.* [244] Kelvin face of Mars, culminating in Mars Global Surveyor, re-
emphaticallydenied this report shortly before depart- vealed no artifacts of habitation by intelligentlife,
ing America:What I really said was that the inhabitants but pseudoscientic speculation about intelligent life on
of Mars, if there are any, were doubtless able to see New Mars continues from commentators such as Richard C.
York, particularly the glare of the electricity.* [245] Hoagland. Reminiscent of the canali controversy, some
18 10 MOONS

speculations are based on small scale features perceived A comic gure of an intelligent Martian, Marvin the Mar-
in the spacecraft images, such as 'pyramids' and the 'Face tian, appeared on television in 1948 as a character in
on Mars'. Planetary astronomer Carl Sagan wrote: the Looney Tunes animated cartoons of Warner Broth-
ers, and has continued as part of popular culture to the
Mars has become a kind of mythic arena present.* [253] In the 1950s, TV shows such as I Love
onto which we have projected our Earthly Lucy made light of the popular belief in life on Mars; for
hopes and fears.* [232] example, when Lucy and Ethel were hired to portray Mar-
tians landing on the top of the Empire State Building as a
publicity stunt for an upcoming movie.
After the Mariner and Viking spacecraft had returned
pictures of Mars as it really is, an apparently lifeless
and canal-less world, these ideas about Mars had to be
abandoned, and a vogue for accurate, realist depictions
of human colonies on Mars developed, the best known
of which may be Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy.
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of Greg Bear as well as the movie Total Recall (based
on a short story by Philip K. Dick) and the television se-
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including Red Faction and the Zone of the Enders series.
Mars (and its moons) were also the setting for the popular
Doom video game franchise and the later Martian Gothic.

Martian tripod illustration from the 1906 French edition of The

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

The depiction of Mars in ction has been stimulated by

its dramatic red color and by nineteenth century scientic
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Main articles: Moons of Mars, Phobos (moon) and
the Worlds on October 30, 1938, by Orson Welles was
Deimos (moon)
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Jonathan Swift made reference to the moons of Mars,
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els.* [252] its crater Stickney at right
 19

low albedo and carbonaceous chondrite composition have

been regarded as similar to asteroids, supporting the cap-
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point towards a relatively recent capture. But both have
circular orbits, near the equator, which is unusual for cap-
tured objects and the required capture dynamics are com-
plex. Accretion early in the history of Mars is also plausi-
ble, but would not account for a composition resembling
asteroids rather than Mars itself, if that is conrmed.
A third possibility is the involvement of a third body
or some kind of impact disruption.* [260] More recent
Enhanced-color HiRISE image of Deimos (not to scale), lines of evidence for Phobos having a highly porous in-
showing its smooth blanket of regolith. terior,* [261] and suggesting a composition containing
mainly phyllosilicates and other minerals known from
Mars,* [262] point toward an origin of Phobos from mate-
Mars has two relatively small natural moons, Phobos
rial ejected by an impact on Mars that reaccreted in Mar-
(about 22 km (14 mi) in diameter) and Deimos (about 12
tian orbit,* [263] similar to the prevailing theory for the
km (7.5 mi) in diameter), which orbit close to the planet.
origin of Earth's moon. Although the VNIR spectra of
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the moons of Mars resemble those of outer-belt aster-
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in 1877 by Asaph Hall; they are named after the charac-
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of war, into battle. Mars was the Roman counterpart of metres (160 to 330 ft) in diameter, and a dust ring is pre-
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From the surface of Mars, the motions of Phobos and
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hours. Deimos, being only just outside synchronous orbit
where the orbital period would match the planet's pe-
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Despite the 30 hour orbit of Deimos, 2.7 days elapse be-
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slowly falls behind the rotation of Mars.* [259]

Orbits of moons and spacecraft orbiting Mars.* [264]

11 Gallery

Streaks - on slopes in Acheron Fossae.

Avalanche - down 700 m slope (north pole).

Nanedi Valles inner channel.

Orbits of Phobos and Deimos (to scale)
Valles Marineris (2001 Mars Odyssey).
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Wired.com (March 2013)

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Curiosity rover 2)

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Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rotating geological globe of Mars by the United
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NASA's Curiosity Finds Ancient Streambed - First
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ence Channel (2012, 4:31)

Flight Into Mariner Valley by Arizona State Univer-

sity

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ture names by the United States Geological Survey
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Mars Global Surveyor topographical map by Etvs
Lornd University
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