Mars

Mars

Of, or relating to the study of, planet Mars.

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interference fringes

Astronomy; Mars

The alternate light and dark bands that are seen when two beams of homogenous light enter into interference with each other, i.e., when they overlap and illuminate an identical area.

fluorescence

Astronomy; Mars

The emission of electromagnetic radiation as the result of exposure to some other radiation, which emission ceases when the stimulus that produces it ceases to act on the emitting substance. Thus ...

black body

Astronomy; Mars

An ideal or imaginary body that is absolutely black when cold, but is a perfect absorber of radiation and at the same time a perfect radiator. Black body temperatures are used to work out the ...

carbon dioxide

Astronomy; Mars

A gas used by all green plants and recycled by them to form wood and the oxygen we breathe. In very large quantities it can be poisonous to animal life.

celestial equator

Astronomy; Mars

The great circle of the celestial sphere all points of which are 90 degrees from the poles. It is the plane of the earth's equator projected onto the celestial sphere.

A great circle of the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and a celestial body or the vernal equinox. An hour circle moves with the body as the celestial sphere rotates, unlike the ...