Abstract
Mars is the second smallest terrestrial planet in the solar system with distinct surface features, such as impact craters, volcanoes, and polar ice caps. In the last few decades, a number of missions have been launched to explore Mars, which greatly contributed to improving our knowledge on this planet. Currently, there are five working spacecrafts: three in orbit-Mars Odyssey (ODY), Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), and two on the surface-Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, and Mars science laboratory, Curiosity. Over a long geological time, Mars has experienced Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian periods, indicating complicated formation and evolution of Mars. Similar to the Earth, the structure of Mars consists of.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Planetary Geodesy and Remote Sensing |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 293-309 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781482214895 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781482214888 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Engineering
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