Mars

Mars

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

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geodetic

Astronomy; Mars

The study of the size and shape of earth, the measurement of terrestrial gravitational forces, and the location of fixed points on earth's surface.

escape velocity

Astronomy; Mars

The speed that any object must acquire in order to escape from a planet's gravitation.

eccentricity

Astronomy; Mars

The degree of flattening of an ellipse and how much it deviates from a circular shape. With reference to the orbit of a planet, the distance between the center of its orbit and the center of the ...

diurnal motion

Astronomy; Mars

The apparent daily rotation of the heavens from east to west; an effect of earth's rotation about its axis.

Curiosity is NASA's car-sized, nuclear-powered Mars rover that was launched aboard a NASA spacecraft on November 26, 2011 and landed on Mars on August 6, 2012. At a cost of $2.6 billion, the rover is ...

Aeolis Mons

Astronomy; Mars

Previously called Mount Sharp, Aeolis Mons is a 3-mile high mountain in the center of Mars's huge Gale Crater where the NASA Curiosity rover landed on August 6, 2012. The mountain was captured by the ...

Mars Monolith

Astronomy; Mars

Monolith-like boulder on Martian surface. Many amateur astronomers believe it to be a monolith structure created by ancient civilizations or aliens. Scientists doubt these claims, and believe it to ...