Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation

by Alfred Russel Wallace

CHAPTER VI.

A NEW ESTIMATE OF THE TEMPERATURE OF MARS,
—Langley's determination of lunar heat
—Rapid loss of heat by radiation on the
earth
—Rapid loss of heat on moon during eclipse
—Sir George Darwin's theory of the moon's origin
—Very's researches on the moon's temperature
—Application of these results to the case of Mars
—Cause of great difference of temperatures of earth
and moon
—Special features of Mars influencing its
temperature
—Further criticism of Mr. Lowell's article
—Very low temperature of arctic regions on Mars.