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Mostly dust and rocks. A lot of iron oxide (rust) gives it a reddish color.
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Ice Caps
Red surface Mars is largely rock strewn desert, with some hilly dune-like areas, and some mountainous areas, including Mons Olympus, an extinct volcano that is the highest known mountain in our solar system.
It's surface is much like ours, but with much less water. So basically Mars is made of big and small rocks with lots of ice as well.
The surface features of Mars are that it has a rocky outer crust blanketed with a rust colored soil. Mars also has many valleys, plains, and volcanoes. In fact, Mars is home to the highest volcano in the Solar System! On its southern side Mars has many craters, making it very different from its northern side with valleys and plains. Even though it has valleys and plains Mars has no grass or water. They were actually formed by vol canoe's lava hardening for millions of years. Mars's Olympus Mons, is 3 times the height of Mount Everest on Earth! Mars also has a canyon that stretches across 1/4 of the planet, it's called Valles Marineris. And it is 10 times longer than the Grand Canyon!Mars also has craters like our moon in its south and channels were water might once have flown, these channels widen as they go further down. Some of these channel patterns also go around the craters.
The surface features on Mars are mainly made of rock.
Looks red from the dust and it has mountains and craters even have polar ice capes. Mars even has slight winds from the chemicals in the atmosphere.
The surface of mars is 68 degrees in summer and -220 degrees in the winter it does not get much heat. it is rocky and hard and frozen water
it has lots of debris and lots of rocks, Boulders, Canyons, inactive Volcanoes,rocks,and red dust
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∙ 12y agoVary varied! Here are some blunt examples
Mercury- Rocky, think like the moon, and extremely hot
Venus-Similar to earth only much much hotter and with an atmosphere many times thicker
Earth- Go outside
Mars- Also similar to earth in that it has mountains, more likely-than-not had water at one point; very thin atmosphere of Co2
Jupiter- A really big cloud...serious! It's not solid until FAR in twards the center of the planet; Even where it is solid, you couldn't stand because the atmospheric pressure would implode you.
Saturn-More or less the same as Jupiter.
Neptune & Uranus- Also more or less the same Jupiter other than the atmosphere is made of different gasses and instead of a metal core they have ice. Also winds breaking 1,400 mph!!! Even more astonishing is that in the upper atmosphere where those winds exist the air is so thin it would feel like a 20 mph gust on earth!
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∙ 14y agoThe asteroid belt is comprised of millions of asteroids - sometimes referred to, in conjunction with comets and meteoroids as minor planets or planetoids.
As they are stretched out across space, and, therefore, possess no surface as a "belt". Perhaps the more workable question might be:
"What is the surface of an asteroid like?"
The larger are believed to comprise a heavy metallic, nickle-iron centre and a more rocky crust. So the surface would be mainly made up of hard rocky minerals, and are of a rounded shape. Other smaller ones are more irregular in shape. It is believed some are made with a basalt surface, but a hardened rock centre.
The believed composition seems to vary and is uncertain and not really well understood at this stage.
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∙ 7y agoThe surface is not composed of gas, that is only the very thick atmosphere, made of 75%hydrogen, and 25% helium.
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∙ 7y agoThe surface of Saturn has large anticyclone cells including the Great White Spot. Winds are 1800 km/hr. Saturn is mostly liquid helium and liquid hydrogen.
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∙ 12y agoRocky and bumpy
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What is the force of gravity at that surface of asteroids belt?
The asteroid belt does not have a surface as it is not an objects. It is a loose scattering of objects.
What causes an Asteroid to blow up?
Impact causes an asteroid to blow up because when it hits a bigger solid surface like earth the force causes the fire that was burning it, because of our ozone layer, to spread apart and the meteor shatters making it seem like we were hit by a fireball.
Why do asteroids hit the moon?
Asteroid's hitting the moon is a completely random event. However, if an asteroid was flying past the moon, gravity may pull it towards the surface.
What is the difference between an asteroid and meteroid?
An asteroid is a rocky object in space that's not as big as a planet and isn't a moon. There are millions of them, think the asteroid belt in space. A meteor is an asteroid that burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, think shooting stars. A meteorite is a meteor that actually lands on the surface of Earth, think about Russia today. As for a meteoroid? No one really knows. They're just kind of like smaller asteroids.
Is a comet an asteroid?
Comets and asteroids are the same, but differ in the fact that comets have surface activity with their characteristic tail.
What is like an asteroid but smaller?
atmospheres surface, most likely called a meteriod.
Why doesn't sound travel on an asteroid?
One cannot hear sound on an asteroid since it has no atmosphere, but sound can travel though an asteroid's surface.
Has an asteroid hit mercury?
Yes. Mercury's surface is covered in craters, indicating numerous asteroid impacts.
What is the acceleration due to gravity on an asteroid?
Just like any other astronomical body that you might visit, the acceleration due to gravity on the asteroid's surface is going to depend on its mass, and on the distance between your center of mass and the asteroid's center of mass. (I didn't want to say the asteroid's "radius", because many of them are notoriously unspherical and weird-shaped, like a big old Russet Burbank.)
space rock that hits Earth's surface?
Meteor or asteroid
Does asteroid belt have a surface?
No. The asteroid belt is not an object. It is a region of the solar system where there are more asteroids than in other areas.
What is the force of gravity at that surface of asteroids belt?
The asteroid belt does not have a surface as it is not an objects. It is a loose scattering of objects.
What is the color of the asteroid?
It depends on the composition of the asteroid, but generally black or dark gray. Perhaps a little red or orange, if there is any surface iron.
Is an asteroid a meteor that strikes earth surface?
No. A meteor that gets to the ground is a meteoroid. An Asteroid is an orbiting body between Mars ans Jupiter.
What causes an Asteroid to blow up?
Impact causes an asteroid to blow up because when it hits a bigger solid surface like earth the force causes the fire that was burning it, because of our ozone layer, to spread apart and the meteor shatters making it seem like we were hit by a fireball.
What burns up before it hit the earths surface meteor or asteroid?
A meteor.
What are the holes in the surface of the moon caused from asteroid impacts?
They're called craters.
