What do you know about the Mars Seasons?
Study the Mars Seasons using Mars Express VMC data
1 points
Your Scientific Team is
[ Select answer ]
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
2 points
What is the scientific method about?
A research method that consists on observing, asking questions and confirming/rejecting the initial hypothesis with experiments
A way of organising the instrumentation in a scientific lab
A cyclic method of observation-experimentation-testing
None of previous answers
2 points
Which of these statements about the European Space Agency are correct?
It is a travel Agency for Europe formed by 22 countries
It has a scientific fleet of more than 10 satellites studying the solar system
It offers several professional positions focused on develop our knowledge about the Universe (engineers, scientist, lawyers, educators, ...)
It does not use social media to communicate to the public the latest discoveries
7 points
What do you know about Mars?
It is a rocky planet like the Earth
Its distance to the Earth is 0.5 the Sun-Earth distance
Its atmosphere is 100 thinner than the Earth atmosphere but we can breath there
It has valleys and mountains but much sharper/higher than on Earth
It has a magnetic field similar to the one on Earth
It has no seasons
Methane and water were detected on it
2 points
Which of these ESA scientific missions are currently (2020) studying Mars?
Mars Express
ExoMars TGO
Mariner
ExoMars 2022
1 points
How did you study the Mars Seasons in this Scientific Challenge?
Using a table with different temperatures on Mars along the year
Inspecting the variation in size of the Mars polar caps using the Mars Express/VMC images
Observing the amount of light variation on the Mars surface using the VMC camera
1 points
What is the meaning of this code (17-020) on the VMC images?
That the image was collected on the day of the year (DOY) 20 in 2017
That the image was collected on the day of the year (DOY) 17 in 2020
That there are 17 images collected at 20h
1 points
How long is a martian year?
Between (100-200) terrestrial days
Between (200-300) terrestrial days
Between (300-500) terrestrial days
Between (500 -700) terrestrial days
A terrestrial year
2 points
In the ESA space missions to Mars several Teams work together as
Flight dynamics Team (engineers & operators) controlling the position of the satellite/rover at ESTEC
Science Operation Team (scientists & engineers ) defining the planning of the instruments on board the satellite at ESAC
Integration Team (engineers) that perform the testing of all the systems before to be launch at ESOC
Scientist and engineers of the planetary missions archive at ESAC
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