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For a time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was erroneously believed that there were canals on Mars. These were a network of long straight lines in the equatorial regions from 60° N. to 60° S. Lat. on the planet Mars. They were first described by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli during the opposition of 1877, and confirmed by later observers. Schiaparelli called these canali, which was translated into English as "canals". The Irish astronomer Charles E. Burton made some of the earliest drawings of straight-line features on Mars, although his drawings did not match Schiaparelli's. By the early 20th century, improved astronomical observations revealed the "canals" to be an optical illusion, and modern high resolution mapping of the Martian surface by spacecraft shows no such features.
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What planet is thought to have abundant surface water?
Earth
Planet famous for its rings?
Saturn is the planet famous for its rings, which are composed mainly of ice particles and rock debris. The rings orbit Saturn in multiple bands and are thought to have formed from the breakup of a moon or cometary material.
Does Mars have canals?
There are no canals on Mars.The "problem" arose when Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli described the "lines" he saw as canali - Italian for lines or grooves.This was badly translated into English as canals and was used by Percival Lowell who prophesied that they were used to transport water from the polar caps to the "water starved populous" in the middle regions.They are in fact nothing more than optical illusions.
Which planet is rich on iron?
Mars. The soil of this planet is rich in iron oxide, which gives the planet a characteristic color. >:)
What planet apparently shrank in diameter?
Pluto was considered the ninth planet in our solar system but was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. This change was partially due to new astronomical understandings and measurements that revealed Pluto's diameter to be smaller than initially thought.
Which planet is the planet that people thought that there were canals on its surface?
Mars
Which planet is famous for its canals?
Mars is the planet famous for its canals. However, it's important to note that these "canals" were a mistranslation of the term used for natural features on Mars and are not actual constructed waterways.
What planet was considered to have canals but did not have them?
Mars. The Italian astronomer Schiaperelli thought he could see "canali" (channels, not actually canals) on the planet's surface. Percival Lowell also "saw" them, and wrote an extensive book on what Mars was probably like because of the "canals". It was determined years later, and proven by the Mars orbiters and landers, that the "canals" were an optical illusion to earth-bound viewers. They don't exist.
Who is the person is the solar system that people thought that they where canals on its surface but they where wrong?
He was called Giovanni Schiaparelli , he thought he saw canals on Mars.
What ishe distinc characteristic of planet mars?
The Polar ice caps , its red colour and the dark lines that were once thought to be canals. see realted link for picture
Does Neptune have canals?
Neptune is a gas planet, thus it has no solid surface (that we've seen yet), thus no canals.
Basic statistics of planet Pluto?
Pluto was thought to be a planet until 2006, when it was named as a dwarf planet. The planet is thought to be very icy and at least 5 times smaller than Earth.
Which planet does not have canals on it?
No planet except earth has canals. There was at one time an idea the Mars had "canals" which might indicate a civilization there. However this was due to a combination of mistranslation and mistaken observations. The mistranslation happened when a paper by an Italian astronomer on his observations of Mars was translated to English: the italian word "canali" (meaning channels, gullies, or canals) was translated as "canals" with the implication that they were artificial when all the Italian astronomer had meant was he had seen straight lines on Mars. The mistaken observations were eventually traced to an optical illusion where the human visual system has a strong tendency to find patterns in "random images" that are not actually there.
What planet thought to have liquid in its past?
mars
What planet was thought to have water on it in the past?
Mars
How do astronomers believe you might be able to detect an alien civilization?
I think on one of Jupiter's moons (Titan or something) they thought there might've been an alien civilization because they found canals. It might've have been on something else, but I do know they found canals and thought that at one time aliens lived there.
What is thought to be the remains of a planet that broke apart?
At one time, the asteroid belt was thought to be the remnants of a planet that broke apart.However, this is no longer thought to be true; it's much more likely that gravitational perturbations from Jupiter prevented a planet from ever forming there in the first place.
