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- Title
Mars's Molten Past.
- Abstract
The article reports on a study conducted by the University of California researchers, which found that Mars was covered in an ocean of molten rock for about 100 million years after the planet was formed. Qing-Zhu Yin, one of the study's authors, say the long persistence of a magma ocean on Mars implies that Mars at the time must have had a thick enough atmosphere to insulate the planet and slow down cooling. Researchers inferred the early history of Mars in the distant past by studying meteorites that fell on the Earth.
- Subjects
MARTIAN surface; ORIGIN of planets; PLANETARY atmospheres; MAGMAS; MARTIAN geology; PLANETARY geology
- Publication
Science & Children, 2008, Vol 45, Issue 6, p10
- ISSN
0036-8148
- Publication type
Article