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    most conspicuous feature of Mars is a sharp contrast, known as the Martian dichotomy, between the Southern and the Northern hemispheres. The two hemispheres'...
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    Moons of Mars (redirect from Martian moons)
    perhaps from a giant impact event suggested to have created the Martian dichotomy and the Borealis Basin. The second suggests that they are captured...
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    Areography (redirect from Martian meridian)
    Lakes on Mars Life on Mars Magnetic field of Mars Martian craters Martian dichotomy Martian gullies Martian soil Mineralogy of Mars Ore resources on Mars...
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    billion years ago. The distribution of Martian crustal magnetism is similar to the Martian dichotomy. Whereas the Martian northern lowlands are largely unmagnetized...
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    in southern highlands – this terrain observation is known as the Martian dichotomy. Mars hosts many enormous extinct volcanoes (the tallest is Olympus...
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    Magnetic field of Mars Mars Geyser Hopper Martian craters Martian dichotomy Martian geyser Martian gullies Martian soil Mineralogy of Mars Ore resources on...
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    a significantly lower elevation than the rest of the planet (the Martian dichotomy), and is unusually flat. These observations led a number of researchers...
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  • Life on Mars (redirect from Martian life)
    on Earth Mars in fiction § Life on Mars Martian craters Martian dichotomy Martian geyser Martian gullies Martian soil Mineralogy of Mars Ore resources on...
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    here only contains named Martian craters starting with the letter A – G (see also lists for H – N and O – Z). Large Martian craters (greater than 60 kilometers...
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    here only contains named Martian craters starting with the letter H – N (see also lists for A – G and O – Z). Large Martian craters (greater than 60 kilometers...
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    here contains only named Martian craters starting with the letter O – Z (see also lists for A – G and H – N). Large Martian craters (greater than 60 kilometers...
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    making it one of the oldest geological features on Mars after the Martian dichotomy. The impactor was likely around 400–700 kilometres (250–430 mi) in...
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    Andrews-Hanna; et al. (2008). "The Borealis basin and the origin of the Martian crustal dichotomy". Nature. 453 (7199): 1212–1215. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.1212A....
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    state." It found "a strong dichotomy" between the northern and southern hemispheres, a "very asymmetric paradigm for the Martian annual cycle: a northern...
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    deposited in a region called Dorsa Argentea Formation. Also, the Martian dichotomy was aligned along the equator. A band of rivers formed at around 25...
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    Mensae is just to the east of Protonilus Mensae and both lie along the Martian dichotomy boundary. Its name was adapted by the IAU in 1973. It was named after...
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    between Deuteronilus Mensae and Nilosyrtis Mensae; all lie along the Martian dichotomy boundary. Its name was adapted by the IAU in 1973. Map showing the...
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    hemispheric dichotomy is that of primary crustal fractionation. This process would have been associated with the formation of the Martian core, which...
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    Mars in fiction (redirect from Martian)
    Worlds, H. G. Wells's novel about an alien invasion of Earth by sinister Martians, was published in 1897 and went on to have a major influence on the science...
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  • northern hemisphere. Between these two zones is a region called the Martian dichotomy and parts of it contain fretted terrain. This terrain contains a complicated...
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    Water on Mars (redirect from Martian water)
    atmosphere. What was thought to be low-volume liquid brines in shallow Martian soil, also called recurrent slope lineae, may be grains of flowing sand...
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    Mars Lineated valley fill – Martian geologic feature Lobate debris apron – Geological features on Mars Martian dichotomy – Geomorphological feature of...
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    the northward equinox, and increasingly there is use of numbering the Martian years beginning at the equinox that occurred April 11, 1955. Mars has an...
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    processes. Plate tectonics has been suggested as a hypothesis for the Martian dichotomy, and in 2012 geologist An Yin put forward evidence for active plate...
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  • Circulation Climate of Mars Martian surface Geography of Mars Outflow channels Geology of Mars Martian dichotomy Martian polar ice caps Solar eclipses...
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    Mars sol (redirect from Martian day)
    Earth day. It is approximately 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds long. A Martian year is approximately 668.6 sols, equivalent to approximately 687 Earth...
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    Gya): Major collision with a pluto-sized planetoid establishes the Martian dichotomy on Mars – formation of North Polar Basin of Mars 9.3 billion years...
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    Mars is the proposed process of establishing and maintaining control of Martian land for exploitation and the possible settlement of Mars. Most colonization...
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    currently thin Martian atmosphere prohibits the existence of liquid water on the surface of Mars, but many studies suggest that the Martian atmosphere was...
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    Caroline L. (2018-05-01). "Chronology of martian breccia NWA 7034 and the formation of the martian crustal dichotomy". Science Advances. 4 (5): eaap8306....
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