Herschel Mars observations: First results
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 07:49
in Astronomy & Space
The Herschel Space Observatory is providing the first exciting results on Mars, from its guaranteed-time key program 'Water and related chemistry in the Solar System'. An accurate globally-averaged temperature profile of the Martian atmosphere may cause scientists to revise their models about atmospheric circulation on Mars. The first sub-millimetre observation of molecular oxygen on the planet may lead to a completely new picture of the oxygen distribution in the Martian atmosphere. These are only a few of the new discoveries that will be presented by Dr Paul Hartogh at the European Planetary Science Congress in Rome, on Monday 20th September...