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sky tonight? Mars Watch Schedule for the Summer of Mars
Mars Factoid #1
“Mars the Red Planet”
Mars Fact-on #1
“Mars the amber-orange
planet”
Mars
Factoid
# 2 "Mars - Earth
Landmass"
Mars
Fact-on #2"
"Mars
- Earth Surface"
Mars
Factoid
# 3 "Mars - Earth
Atmosphere"
Mars Fact-on
#3"
"Mars - Earth Atmosphere"
Mars
Factoid
#4 "Mars Seasons"
Mars
Fact-on
#4 "Mars Seasons"
Mars
Factoid
# 5 "Mars is a
Mini-Earth"
Mars
Fact-on #5
"Mars is not a Mini-Earth"
Mars
Factoid
# 6 "Terraforming
Mars would be
easy"
Mars
Fact-on
# 6 "Think of Mars
as a massive fixer-upper"
Mars
Factoid
# 7 "The Tunguska
Event was an exploding alien
spacecraft"
Mars
Fact-on
# 7 "The Tunguska
Event was a meteoroid
airburst'
Mars
Factoid
#8 ”The Martian
soil is nearly
“seed-ready"
Mars
Fact-on
# 8 "The Martian
soil is NOT seed-ready"
Mars
Factoid
#9 ”Mars is like a
Miniature
Earth"
Mars
Fact-on # 9 "The
largest Volcano in the Sol-ar
System is Olympus Mons"
Mars
Factoid
#10 ”Humans have
been to
Mars"
Mars
Fact-on # 10
"Humans have never been to
Mars"
Mars
Factoid
#11 ”Mars at
Perihelion Opposition with
Earth will be
felt"
Mars
Fact-on
# 11 "Mars at
Perihelion Opposition from
Earth is a common occurrence"
Mars
Factoid
# 12 "Terraforming Mars
will be
Easy"
Mars
Fact-on
#12 "Terraforming Mars
with the CO2 available is
impossible"
Mars
Factoid
# 13 "Mars’ gravity is
no problem for human
colonization"
Mars
Fact-on
#13 "Mars’ gravity may
be a deal-breaker for human
colonization"
Mars
Factoid
# 14 "The Martian soil
is ready for
farming."
Mars Fact-on #14 "The
Martian soil is toxic to
humans and plants with 0.5-1%
Perchlorates ClO4 concentrations"
Mars
Factoid
# 15 "On August 27th, Mars will appear as
large as the Full Moon in the
sky."
Mars Fact-on #15 "This
event is called the Mars Hoax"
Mars
Factoid
# 16 "Mars is the
closest planet to the
Earth"
Mars Fact-on #16 "On
average Venus is closer to
Earth than is Mars, on
average"
Mars
Factoid
# 17 "In the movie “The Martian”, you can grow
potatoes on
Mars"
Mars Fact-on #17
"You really can’t grow
potatoes on Mars"
Mars
Factoid
#18 "Mars is the
Planet most similar to the
Earth" Mars
Fact-on #18 "In
many ways Venus is most
similar to Earth"
"Mars
Factoid #19" Winds
on Mars could pick up a man or
topple spaceship"
Mars
Fact-on #19
"Martian Winds pack little
punch"
Marts
Factoid #20 "Nuking the
Martian Ice Caps will
initiate Terraforming"
Mars
Fact-on #20 "Nuking Ice
Caps is a
horrible idea"
Mars
Factoid #21
"There
is a Human Face
Structure on Mars"
Mars Fact-on #21 "The
Face-on-Mars
is a contrived human
artifact"
Mars
Factoid #22 Tiny Moons
"Mars Must
have only two moons"
Mars
Fact-on #22
"Mars Surprisingly and by chance,
has two natural moons
Mars Factoid #23
"Mars
Moons are artificial
satellites"
Mars
Fact-on #23
"The
Mars Moon Hoax was an
April Fools Hoax in
1959"
Mars
Factoid #24
"Mar's moons
are derelict
spacecraft"
Mars
Fact-on #24
"Moons of Barsoom are
natural satellites"
Mars
Factoid #25
"Mar's moons
are captured
asteroids"
Mars
Fact-on #25
"Mar's moons are
result of giant
impact"
“Lunar
Factoid #1”:
“The Moon’s
diameter is
one-fourth (1/4)
the diameter of
the Earth” “Lunar Fact-on
#1”: “The Moon’s
diameter is 3/11 the
diameter of the Earth”
