Why scientists study the planets • To test ideas on how our Earth works by applying them to other planets. • To better understand the laws of nature under conditions that cannot be found on our Earth.

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• Space technology
• Climate of Mars
• Atmosphere of Mars
• Mars Climate Orbiter
• Martian surface
• Mars Ocean Hypothesis
• Colonization of Mars
• Spacecraft
• Spaceflight
• Mars

46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference[removed]Thursday, March 19, 2015 SPECIAL SESSION: TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE ANCIENT MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE 1:30 p.m. Waterway Ballroom 4

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• Noachian
• Climate of Mars
• Water on Mars
• Valley networks
• Mars Science Laboratory
• Hesperian
• Mars landing
• Phobos
• Bruce Jakosky
• Mars
• Spaceflight
• Planetary science

Seasonal Flows in the Central Mountains of Hale Crater Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are active flows on warm Martian slopes that might be caused by seeping water. One of the most active sites

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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 40, 5361–5365, doi:[removed]2013GL057631, 2013 A new semiempirical model of the peak electron density of the Martian ionosphere Michael Mendillo, 1 Angela G. Marusiak, 1 Paul Withers,

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• Atmosphere
• Plasma physics
• Space plasmas
• Planetary science
• Ionosphere
• Mars Express
• Radio occultation
• MAVEN
• Mars program
• Spaceflight
• Mars
• Mars exploration

Understanding the martian upper atmosphere with the MGS Accelerometer The structure and dynamics of the martian upper atmosphere are not well understood. Analyis of recent MGS data will improve our understanding of them.

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46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference[removed]pdf The mineralogical record of fO2 variation and alteration in Northwest Africa[removed]NWA[removed]Evidence for the interaction between a mantle derived martian bas

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• Martian meteorite
• Basalt
• Spinel
• Chemistry
• Matter
• Meteorite types
• Crystallography
• Mars

Under the Microscope Martian life: stuck somewhere between inevitable biochemistry and quirky biology If traces of life are found on Mars, the question that needs to be asked is: How

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• Space
• Abiogenesis
• Extraterrestrial life
• Life on Mars
• Chondrite
• Nature
• Panspermia
• Rare Earth hypothesis
• Astrobiology
• Spaceflight
• Astronomy

An Extensive Phase Space for the Potential Martian Biosphere

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• Spacecraft
• Water on Mars
• Life on Mars
• Exploration of Mars
• Phoenix
• Mantle
• Olympus Mons
• Martian meteorite
• Basalt
• Mars
• Geology
• Planetary science

75th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting[removed]X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY OF THE TISSINT MARTIAN METEORITE C. L. Smith1,2,3 and F. Ahmed1. Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

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• X-ray microtomography
• Microscopy
• Science
• Crystallography
• Chemistry
• Nesosilicates
• Olivine

UA-3 Observing Planet Earth and the Space from Antarctica Recent developments in the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition

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• Planetary science
• Antarctica
• National Institute of Polar Research
• Meteorite
• Lunar meteorite
• Martian meteorite
• Iron meteorite
• ANSMET
• Yamato 791197
• Meteorites
• Meteorite types
• Physical geography