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Martian North Polar Vortex Creates Seasonal Ozone Layer, Planetary Scientists Say


The polar vortex is a consequence of Martian seasons, which occur because the planet’s axis is tilted at an angle of 25.2 degrees, according to University of Oxford’s Dr. Kevin Olsen and his colleagues from LATMOS, CNRS, Space Research Institute, The Open University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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