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Mars The Iron Planet
Lots of iron in our solar system. It is a very tough atom.A good
conductor of electricity,and is easily made magnetic. It oxidizes with a reddish brown color. Mars the red planet is showing us it has lots of iron in its crust,and on its surface. Mars has the tallest mountains of any planet. Best theory they were built in earlier times and are volcanoes,and plate movement. Would it be a kicker if they are made out of iron much like our tallest building have to be built with iron so they can be built tall and not fall down. Rock that creates mountains here on earth crumble Mountains made of iron don't have that problem..Mars has dust storms that could erode rock,but I don't know how high the storms go. Earth has wind,and water. If Mars has an iron crust I think its creators would show this in some way. Bert |
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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message ... Lots of iron in our solar system. It is a very tough atom.A good conductor of electricity,and is easily made magnetic. It oxidizes with a reddish brown color. Mars the red planet is showing us it has lots of iron in its crust,and on its surface. Mars has the tallest mountains of any planet. Best theory they were built in earlier times and are volcanoes,and plate movement. Would it be a kicker if they are made out of iron much like our tallest building have to be built with iron so they can be built tall and not fall down. Rock that creates mountains here on earth crumble Mountains made of iron don't have that problem..Mars has dust storms that could erode rock,but I don't know how high the storms go. Earth has wind,and water. If Mars has an iron crust I think its creators would show this in some way. Bert A rusty-red iron planet? Sounds like water is at work. BV. |
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G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
BV Not water but oxygen. CO2 has two parts oxygen,and it don't rain on Mars. Bert Dry carbon dioxide doesn't react appreciably with iron; the oxygen atoms are covalently bound to the carbon atom and therefore don't have their usual "oxidative" strength, i.e. their tendency to react with electron donors ("reducing agents") like metals. The iron content of basalts and andesites like those believed to make up much of the Martian surface is only something like 15-20% by weight. Note also that most of it is in the form of "ferrous" (iron II) silicates, while the iron in rust (and hematite) is in the "ferric" (iron III) oxidation state. -- Odysseus |
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Mars The Iron Planet
It is Olympus Mons that 17 mile high volcano that gave me the idea that
an iron inforced structure might be needed for such a tall volcano. True Mars has little atmosphere to wear it down,and having three time less gravity than the earth helps keep it up.However if it was made out of rock alone(no iron) I would think it would become crumbly and could not keep such a great height over the millions of years. At this time Mars volcano eruptions,are well over,and no more Mars quakes. This makes a very stable surface. Bert PS I can't see Mars dust storms rising to more than 1 mile up. |
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It is Olympus Mons that 17 mile high volcano that gave me the idea that
an iron inforced structure might be needed for such a tall volcano. True Mars has little atmosphere to wear it down,and having three time less gravity than the earth helps keep it up.However if it was made out of rock alone(no iron) I would think it would become crumbly and could not keep such a great height over the millions of years. At this time Mars volcano eruptions,are well over,and no more Mars quakes. This makes a very stable surface. Bert PS I can't see Mars dust storms rising to more than 1 mile up. |
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G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
It is Olympus Mons that 17 mile high volcano that gave me the idea that an iron inforced structure might be needed for such a tall volcano. True Mars has little atmosphere to wear it down,and having three time less gravity than the earth helps keep it up.However if it was made out of rock alone(no iron) I would think it would become crumbly and could not keep such a great height over the millions of years. It's mainly steepness, not total elevation, that makes a mountain slope unstable. Olympus Mons has a base hundreds of kilometres wide; although there are some cliffs and escarpments at its foot, most of its slopes are comparatively gentle. The great Tharsis bulge, on which three other large volcanoes and several smaller ones also stand, accounts for something like a quarter of Olympus's total elevation above the datum. -- Odysseus |
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G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
It is Olympus Mons that 17 mile high volcano that gave me the idea that an iron inforced structure might be needed for such a tall volcano. True Mars has little atmosphere to wear it down,and having three time less gravity than the earth helps keep it up.However if it was made out of rock alone(no iron) I would think it would become crumbly and could not keep such a great height over the millions of years. It's mainly steepness, not total elevation, that makes a mountain slope unstable. Olympus Mons has a base hundreds of kilometres wide; although there are some cliffs and escarpments at its foot, most of its slopes are comparatively gentle. The great Tharsis bulge, on which three other large volcanoes and several smaller ones also stand, accounts for something like a quarter of Olympus's total elevation above the datum. -- Odysseus |
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Thanks Odysseus for that information. My iron structure theory was just
making good use of the iron that came up from Mars mantle. Mars having only one third earth's gravity gives me the idea that its iron core has now lots less iron,because it was able to bring it to the surface. A good reason for not having a magnetic field. Iron left in Mars core could be hot and solid. Mars does spin about as fast as earth. Its core can not be a dynamo like the earth. Bert |
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Thanks Odysseus for that information. My iron structure theory was just
making good use of the iron that came up from Mars mantle. Mars having only one third earth's gravity gives me the idea that its iron core has now lots less iron,because it was able to bring it to the surface. A good reason for not having a magnetic field. Iron left in Mars core could be hot and solid. Mars does spin about as fast as earth. Its core can not be a dynamo like the earth. Bert |
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Bert posted:
I think two of American probes were lost do to communication failure Hmmmm Could it be possible what I stated above caused this problem? No. The Mars Observer spacecraft was lost due to a problem which occurred before it reached Mars, probably caused by a failure in the propulsion system needed to slow the spacecraft down and put it into orbit. Mars Climate explorer was lost due to a navigation error on the part of the spacecraft controllers here on Earth, and Mars Polar Lander was lost due to a faulty engine cutoff sensing system which shut the engines down too early, causing it to crash. -- David W. Knisely Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/ ********************************************** * Attend the 10th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY * * July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir * * http://www.NebraskaStarParty.org * ********************************************** |
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