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Chapter 9, Problem 58EAP
Geological Proportions. Express the approximate height and width of Olympus Mons (26 km tall and 600 km wide) as percentages of Mars’s radius. Repeat for Valles Marineris (7 km deep and 4000 km long). Then compare the height of Mount Everest (9 km tall) and the height and width of the Grand Canyon (1.8 km deep and 450 km long) to Earth’s radius, and comment on the relative sizes of geological features on the two planets.
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