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Solar luminosity variations and the climate of MarsA simple climatological model of Mars indicates that its climate may be more sensitive to luminosity changes than earth's because of strong positive feedback mechanisms at work on Mars. Mariner 9 photographs of Mars show an abundance of large sinuous channels that point to an epoch of higher atmospheric pressures and abundant liquid water. Such an epoch could have been the result of large-scale solar luminosity variations. The climatological model suggests that other less controversial mechanisms, such as obliquity or polar albedo changes, also could have led to such an epoch.
Document ID
19760007460
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Toon, O. B.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Gierasch, P. J.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Sagan, C.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Possible Relationships between Solar Activity and Meteorol. Phenomena
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
76N14548
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-33-010-220
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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