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ngunn
post Nov 23 2010, 08:46 PM
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An interesting article from Space Daily today: http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Shallow_G...n_Mars_999.html
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post Dec 7 2010, 07:15 PM
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Quoting the Wikipedia entry on Martian Climate:

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Differing values have been reported for the average temperature on Mars, with a common value being −55 °C. Surface temperatures have been estimated from the Viking Orbiter Infrared Thermal Mapper data; this gives extremes from a warmest of 27 °C to −143 °C at the winter polar caps. Actual temperature measurements from the Viking landers range from −17.2 °C to −107 °C.


If that's true, then water could very possibly be just meters below the surface in some areas during daytime hours based on the lander estimates and could reside as liquid on the surface (if it was to get there) for extended periods according to the oribiter.

For comparison, Antarctica's climate ranges from -80°C at the pole to 15 °C on the coasts.


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post Dec 8 2010, 02:00 AM
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QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 7 2010, 08:15 PM) *
Quoting the Wikipedia entry on Martian Climate:

If that's true, then water could very possibly be just meters below the surface in some areas during daytime hours


No, it can't. Subsurface temperature quickly - in less than 20 meters - settles to year-average. Thus, even on Mars equator the subsurface temperature is about -40 C IIRC.
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- ngunn   Martian Hydrology   Nov 23 2010, 08:46 PM
- - marsbug   How big would such an aquifer need to be to be pic...   Nov 27 2010, 08:53 PM
- - ngunn   I'm curious about this too, and my ignorance o...   Nov 27 2010, 09:18 PM
- - marsbug   A very quick bit of reading tells me that SHARAD h...   Nov 27 2010, 09:45 PM
- - ngunn   We know that Mars has plenty of H2O, and that like...   Nov 27 2010, 10:14 PM
|- - Den   QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 27 2010, 11:14 PM) We ...   Dec 7 2010, 06:39 PM
- - ZLD   Quoting the Wikipedia entry on Martian Climate: Q...   Dec 7 2010, 07:15 PM
|- - Den   QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 7 2010, 08:15 PM) Quotin...   Dec 8 2010, 02:00 AM
- - djellison   Den and ZLD - you're both forgetting one vital...   Dec 7 2010, 07:26 PM
|- - Den   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 7 2010, 08:26 PM) ...   Dec 8 2010, 02:03 AM
- - ZLD   And most people forget that the ground has pressur...   Dec 7 2010, 08:06 PM
|- - Den   QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 7 2010, 09:06 PM) And mo...   Dec 8 2010, 02:19 AM
|- - ZLD   QUOTE (Den @ Dec 8 2010, 03:19 AM) Water ...   Dec 8 2010, 03:47 AM
||- - Den   QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 8 2010, 04:47 AM) That i...   Dec 8 2010, 05:19 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Den @ Dec 7 2010, 06:19 PM) Meltin...   Dec 8 2010, 05:11 AM
- - djellison   That paper is 10 years old, and many other studies...   Dec 7 2010, 08:54 PM
- - ZLD   I remember a while back spirit recording a tempera...   Dec 8 2010, 05:53 AM
|- - Den   QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 8 2010, 06:53 AM) I reme...   Dec 8 2010, 11:21 AM
- - machi   Phase transitions (for example melting) of all che...   Dec 8 2010, 03:44 PM
- - sariondil   For those with access to 'Icarus': Articl...   Dec 8 2010, 04:15 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Is brine lost so fast to evaporation in those cond...   Dec 8 2010, 06:00 PM
- - ZLD   QUOTE Conclusions - The presence of salts on and i...   Dec 8 2010, 07:48 PM
- - ngunn   Thanks for the link. A good read indeed.   Dec 8 2010, 08:32 PM
- - marsbug   Thanks for that, its a good resource for anyone tr...   Dec 9 2010, 01:38 AM
- - sariondil   Another paper on modelling of subsurface water. Ag...   Dec 9 2010, 09:23 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (sariondil @ Dec 9 2010, 09:23 PM) ...   Dec 9 2010, 09:45 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (sariondil @ Dec 9 2010, 01:23 PM) ...   Dec 9 2010, 09:48 PM
- - ngunn   The way we are just now I supose censorhip is an i...   Dec 10 2010, 12:11 AM
- - helvick   Much as I might be rabidly opposed to Elsevier...   Dec 10 2010, 12:43 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I have to agree with Helvick.   Dec 10 2010, 01:19 AM
- - imipak   A reminder of the the discussion of the notorious...   Dec 17 2010, 02:30 PM


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