Timeline for Why is Mars so cold when it has so much atmospheric $CO_2$?
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| Oct 31, 2018 at 0:41 | comment | added | user107153 | @santimirandarp: there's a lot less incoming radiation: the solar constant at the radius of Mars's orbit is about a third of that at Earth's. | |
| Oct 31, 2018 at 0:17 | comment | added | user153036 | So 1) Mars emits less radiation because of the temperature 2) It diminishes the greenhouse effect. But if we ask why its $T$ is less than Earth's $T$, would it be because of the surface mean calorific capacity? | |
| Oct 30, 2018 at 22:39 | history | answered | user107153 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |