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The southern polar cap is larger and colder. It is composed of carbon dioxide (dry ice) while the northern is mainly water ice (which freezes at a warmer temperature, therefore the dry ice cap in the south is colder).
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∙ 15y agoThe Northern polar cap is larger and colder.
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What is mar's largest polar cap?
The largest ice cap on mars is the Northern Ice Cap.
Where in Mars is the best place to land on?
Near the polar ice cap.
What is special about Mars?
mars has a north and south polar cap kinda like earth and people believed that water used to be on mars.
What are the ice caps on Mars made of?
Mars has two polar ice caps. The northern ice cap is mainly composed of frozen H2O. The southern ice cap is mainly composed of frozen CO2.
Why do astronomers hypothesize that the southern polar cap of mars has water ice under the carbon dioxide ice?
because the temperature changes over night
What is the White Rock on Mars?
rock on mars Maybe a polar cap?
Does Mars have ice coulds?
No - Mars has a polar ice cap but no ice clouds
On Mars which is its largest and coldest polar cap?
Southern
What is mar's largest polar cap?
The largest ice cap on mars is the Northern Ice Cap.
Where do scientist think water on Mars is?
in the polar ice cap, located north of mars
Where in Mars is the best place to land on?
Near the polar ice cap.
What is that big round spot on mars?
its a frozen polar ice cap
What is special about Mars?
mars has a north and south polar cap kinda like earth and people believed that water used to be on mars.
Whats with Mars and the water on it?
mars north polar cap is sposed to have water on it geographical features simalar to ones on earth leading to further proof that Mars has or had water on it
What are the ice caps on Mars made of?
Mars has two polar ice caps. The northern ice cap is mainly composed of frozen H2O. The southern ice cap is mainly composed of frozen CO2.
What exactly is a polar ice cap?
A polar ice cap is a high latitude part of a planet which is covered in ice. There are polar ice caps on other planets not just on earth. There is some known to be on Mars too. Polar ice caps form because of the lack of sunlight which gets to them. They are in the North and South pole.
What planet has a southern pole of carbon dioxcide?
While the Martian polar caps are mostly water ice, Mars does have a permanent southern polar cap layer of carbon dioxide about eight meters thick.
