[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack [PAR] A SEISMOMETER ABOARD THE VIKING 2 LANDER FAILED TO DETECT ANY 
QUAKES ON THIS RED PLANET, MARS. THE TOTAL ... BETELGUESE IS A 
RED SUPERGIANT IN THIS CONSTELLATION OF THE HUNTER, ORION. CP 
1919, THE .... THE 2 PLANETS THAT HAVE NO MOONS, MERCURY AND 
VENUS. [DOC] [TLE] Viking 2: Second Landing on Mars - Space.com [PAR] Dec 6, 2012 ... Viking 2 was the second NASA spacecraft to make a soft landing on Mars. ... and 
 like its predecessor  found a sterile soil that held no clear evidence ... Viking 
2's lander touched the Red Planet just weeks after its sibling, Viking 1. ... 
Because Viking 1's seismometer failed, this made Viking 2's findings all... [DOC] [TLE] Viking at 40: How NASA Mission Brought Mars Into the Light [PAR] Jul 20, 2016 ... NASA's Viking 1 lander touched down on Mars 40 years ago today (July 20), 
marking the start of the up-close investigation of the Red Planet. ... The duo also 
famously conducted life-detection experiments whose results are still ... Viking 2's 
seismometer picked up magnitude-3-level marsquakes, though the... [DOC] [TLE] Viking program - Wikipedia [PAR] The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, 
Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an 
orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander 
designed to study the planet from the surface. ..... The Viking landers conducted 
biological experiments designed to detect life... [DOC] [TLE] ch11-5 - NASA History Homepage [PAR] The Red Planet has only very, very small amounts of water vapor and no ... When 
Viking first landed, its instruments detected a steady decrease in the mean ... 
While the Viking 2 seismometer performed satisfactorily, the Viking 1 failure .... 
experiments aboard the lander were those which sampled the planet's surface. [DOC] [TLE] Retro-Rockets to a Red Planet - Astrobiology Magazine [PAR] Jun 12, 2003 ... Close-up of water ice frost, as seen by the Viking 2 Lander. Though it colors the 
red soil white, the layer of frost is extremely thin perhaps no thicker than a 
thousandth of an inch. ... which the Viking biology package is likely to detect," 
would be found ... is not unlikely; the seismometer may never see a quake. [DOC] [TLE] Mars - Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology - Considine ... [PAR] Apr 15, 2003 ... The planetary experiments aboard the spacecraft were two ... It failed in its 
landing mission as the Mars 2 Lander, which was ... Viking 1 entered Martian 
orbit June 19, 1976, and its lander .... every 26 months, when the Earth and the 
Red Planet are closely aligned. ...... Little or no quake activity was detected. [DOC] [TLE] The Odyssey and the Ecstasy - Rolling Stone [PAR] Apr 7, 1977 ... The Vikings' search for life on Mars. ... One of the two Viking probes investigates 
the surface of the planet .... The oasis was miniature, no more than five feet 
across. ..... an inquisitive 160-pound package of instruments aboard the lander. ... 
a seismometer; an instrument to detect organic compounds in the... [DOC] [TLE] planetary seismology - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris [PAR] the only example of the detection of seismic waves refracted by a planetary core. 
... launched successfully never recorded any quakes (see Table 1 for a complete 
list). ... failed, due to high temperatures, during the second lunar day (Latham et 
al. ... seismometer on board Viking 2 worked, the seismometer on Viking 1 lander
... [DOC] [TLE] An Era of Discovery - Dictionary definition of An Era of Discovery ... [PAR] Between the orbiters and the landers, any form of life on Mars would surely be ... 
Seismometers [which measure quake activity] could have detected a nearby 
elephant.28 ... Less than two months later the second Viking spacecraft (Viking 2) 
arrived. ... of gaining a more in-depth understanding of the red planet and its 
history. [DOC] [TLE] Crunch time

Question: A seismometer aboard the Viking 2 lander failed to detect any quakes on this red planet
Answer: Mars