LEADER 04554nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910698282603321 005 20170815105729.0 010 $a1-281-86105-7 010 $a9786611861056 010 $a0-387-48927-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000492736 035 $a(EBL)364111 035 $a(OCoLC)288468772 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241505 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294564 035 $a(PQKB)10265274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC364111 035 $a(PPN)128122625 035 $a(OCoLC)68193950 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000492736 100 $a20061212d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlanet Mars$b[electronic resource] $estory of another world /$fFranc?ois Forget, Franc?ois Costard and Philippe Lognonne? 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cSpringer ;$aChichester, UK $cIn Association with Praxis Pub.$dc2008 210 1$a[Washington, D.C.] :$cNational Archives and Records Administration,$d[1979] 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 1 $aSpringer-Praxis books in popular astronomy 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-387-48925-8 327 $aWelcome to Mars; Introduction; Martian landscapes; Chronology of Mars; Before Mars and the other planets; Very rapid protoplanetary growth; Formation of the core, crust and mantle; The evolution of Mars, the Earth, Venus and Mercury; What Martian meteorites tell us; The origin of atmospheres and water; Meteoritic bombardment; The enigma of the 'north-south dissymmetry'; The primordial dynamo and magnetic field; The moons of Mars: captured asteroids?; Rivers on Mars!; The source of Mars' rivers; The mystery of the lakes; Traces of water; A history of many chapters; In search of a lost ocean 327 $aThe mystery of Mars' past climateThe theory of life on Mars; Hunting for fossils; A unique witness, 4 billion years old; The end of an oasis: Mars loses its atmosphere; Life on Mars today; A sub-surface motor: convection in the mantle; Giant volcanoes on Mars; Olympus Mons: the solar system's biggest volcano; Lava flows and lava plains; Ridges and cracks on the surface; Valles Marineris: the valley of wonders; A permanently frozen subsurface; The mystery of the chaotic terrains; Outflow channels; A drive around the mouth of Ares Vallis; A second Siberia; Seasons and temperatures 327 $aThe atmosphere of MarsMartian winds; Martian meteorology; Dunes, ergs and erosion: footprints of the winds; The dust cycle: ever-orange skies; The dust cycle: planet of storms; The dust cycle: whirlwinds of dust; The dust cycle: global storms; The water cycle: vapour, frost and ice - water on Mars; The water cycle: clouds and fogs; The CO2 cycle: seasonal polar caps; The CO2 cycle: an atmosphere which solidifies; The CO2 cycle: the vagaries of carbon dioxide ice; The CO2 cycle: the residual southern polar cap; Climate change: when Mars rocks on its axis 327 $aClimate change: ancient glaciers on MarsClimate change: surface ice at high latitudes; Climate change: intermittent water flows; Climate change: polar sediments, evidence of past climates; Telescopic voyages; First visitors: the Mariner probes; Soviet setbacks; Viking; A difficult exploration; New American initiatives; Spirit and Opportunity: wheels on Mars; Europe joins in: Mars Express; The future of European Mars exploration; Imagination serves exploration; The Grail: returning samples; Astronauts on Mars 330 $aGive an insight of Mars by adopting an outline based on history rather than on subtopic (atmosphere, surface, interior). This work looks at its evolution, and incorporates the results from the space missions of Mars Express, Spirit and Opportunity. It also examines its formation from the ashes of dead stars, more than 4 5 billion years ago. 410 0$aSpringer-Praxis books in popular astronomy. 606 $aAstronomy 607 $aMars (Planet) 607 $aMars (Planet)$xExploration 615 0$aAstronomy. 676 $a523.43 700 $aForget$b Franc?ois$01351562 701 $aCostard$b Franc?ois$0933371 701 $aLognonne?$b Philippe$01351563 712 02$aUnited States.$bNational Archives and Records Administration. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910698282603321 996 $aPlanet Mars$93119428 997 $aUNINA