2007-05-17 10:15:25 · 4 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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Given that none of the other planets have a breatheable atmosphere which we might sniff with our noses, we are left with smells that we know and recognize from our existance on Earth. Methane for example has a really terrible odor and is a component of many gas planets. However, recognizing the temperature of some gas planets is far below the gas freezing and liquifying point, most of the gases are in extremely cold and/or liquid form. So a brief sniff would instantly freeze your entire body and cause death. Any gases on planets closer to the Sun than Earth are presently very, very hot - on the order of 800 degrees F. And, in a similar manner, any brief little snifs you might make of those gases (were you able to do so) would instantly fry the insides of your lungs and cause death.
Smelling, snifing, and breathing are characteristics of huiman life forms which can exist only here on Earth unless they are equipped with portable breathing apparatus and environmental suits to keep us at the right temperature, not to hot, not to cold. Lacking the atmosphere of Earth, the inner planets would also be subject to intense radiation of Ultraviolet Light, X Rays, and Gamma Rays. So the suits would also have to be equipped with highly reflective material on the outside like tin foil to reflect away the majority of those rays. I am not certain what kind of material might reflect a suficient amount of X Rays and Gamma Rays. Lead sheeting, for example, can block certain amounts of X Rays, but is extremely heavy and not very flexible. Gamma Rays... I just don't know. In nuclear power stations the shield for gamma rays is a deep bath of water...So each astronaut should carry around his, or her, own swimming pool???
2007-05-17 10:39:21 · answer #1 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odors are just gases. There is plenty of data about the composition of gases from the atmospheres of most of the planets and many of their moons.
2007-05-17 10:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like if somone farts there? Or more like a mildew odor? Either of those would cause a lot of scientists to aim their telescopes at that planet. Or if it's just a bad chemical smell, such as ammonia, that would be boring.
2007-05-17 10:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by x4294967296 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No data because they invented deodorant way before us...!!!
2007-05-17 11:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by Rampage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋