Minneapolis was colder than Mars last month

Minneapolis was colder than Mars last month

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was briefly the largest city in Minnesota colder than mars Last month.

Cold winds caused temperatures in Minneapolis to drop 10 degrees below the historical average in late November, AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Lada explains,

High temperatures ranged from the mid to upper 20s, the coldest area for the city’s roughly 430,000 residents since February.

But about 225 million miles away, on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover measured a daytime maximum temperature of about 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

However, conditions changed dramatically after sunset.

A pedestrian braving the cold on a street corner in Minneapolis, Minnesota in January 2019. It was colder in the Twin Cities than Mars late last month.

A pedestrian braving the cold on a street corner in Minneapolis, Minnesota in January 2019. It was colder in the Twin Cities than Mars late last month. ,AFP via Getty Images,

While evening temperatures in Minneapolis fell into the teens and 20s, the low on Mars was recorded at 100 degrees below zero.

“It was a reminder that even though the afternoon readings appear similar, the Red Planet is still a completely different world,” Lada said.

How is Mars so cold?

Well, it’s in space. According to NASA, it is further from the Sun than Earth and has a thin atmosphere that is unable to retain heat effectively.

while the earth revolves 93 million miles away from the sunMars is located about 142 million miles away,

Earth’s atmosphere is thin, but it is still thicker than Mars’ atmosphere. The atmosphere on Mars is about one percent the density of Earth’s atmosphere at the surface, The agency’s Earth Observatory says.

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This means what can be the temperature on Mars As low as -225 degrees FahrenheitDeadly levels of cold. People can freeze to death at temperatures above the freezing point of water, 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two cameras to create this selfie in front of Mont Merkou in the Red Planet's Gale Crater. Rover monitors planet's weather

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used two cameras to create this selfie in front of Mont Merkou in the Red Planet’s Gale Crater. Rover monitors planet’s weather ,NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS,

Lada said the lack of meaningful water vapor on Mars is another factor that allows heat to escape when the sun sets.

However this does not mean that there are no seasons on Mars. And, in some ways, It’s like the weather on Earth,

Both Mars and Earth have weather, strong winds, clouds, etc. lightning storm,

Clouds on Mars are probably made of water ice, but do not produce rain – also due to the extreme cold.

“This rain probably takes the form of frost,” NASA scientists said“The ground is likely to be colder than the air (especially on cold clear nights), and so the air hitting the ground becomes cold and water freezes on the ground as frost, Viking II (a Mars lander in the 1970s) observed frost on the ground on some mornings,”

Curiosity rover is monitoring Mars’ weather Since it landed in Gale Crater in 2012. This crater is in the southern hemisphere of Mars near the equator.

The maximum temperature at the crater on December 1 was 25 degrees Fahrenheit and the minimum temperature was -96 degrees.

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