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Caiter2013

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The vast flood deposits prove Mars once had much running water. What happened to it?
 
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Discuss the mass, temperature, color and size of an M3V star, compared to the Sun.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

As Martian volcanism died down, the atmosphere became too thin for greenhouse gases to keep the water liquid. Most froze in the polar caps or as tundra underground, and some was also lost into space, like Venus lost its due to exposure to ultraviolet light.

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It is less massive, cooler, redder, and smaller than the Sun.


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