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What does it smell like on Pluto?
Pluto’s atmosphere (when it has one), as well as much of its surface, is comprised of nitrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide. All of which are considered to be odorless gasses. About the only thing found in abundance on Pluto’s surface that might have a smell would be water-ice. Obviously, it would smell like water.
What is the stinky planet?
Uranus stinks, and there’s scientific proof. Researchers confirmed Monday that the seventh planet from the sun has an upper atmosphere full of one of the smelliest chemicals known to humans, hydrogen sulfide, according to a study published by Nature Astronomy.
What does Neptune smell like?
(Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) NASA’s Hubble space telescope has captured Neptune’s mysterious dark storm, that probably smells like rotten eggs, shrinking out of existence.
What’s the smell of Uranus?
Uranus’ upper clouds are made of hydrogen sulfide — the same molecule that gives rotten eggs their noxious odor.
Does Jupiter smell bad?
Jupiter, that giant planet of swirling gas, smells different depending on which layer you’re inhaling. The lighter layers of gas smell like ammonia (think cleaning products and urine), and a little deeper, it’s ammonia as well as rotten egg.
What does moon smell like?
Twelve people have walked on the Moon and all of them agree: the Moon smells like gunpowder. According to Space.com, astronaut Jack Schmitt said: “All I can say is that everyone’s instant impression of the smell was that of spent gunpowder, not that it was ‘metallic’ or ‘acrid’.
What if you fell on Uranus?
Uranus is a ball of ice and gas, so you can’t really say that it has a surface. If you tried to land a spacecraft on Uranus, it would just sink down through the upper atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, and into the liquid icy center. This color is light from the Sun reflected off Uranus’ surface.
What would Venus smell like?
Our close neighbour Venus smells like—yep, you guessed it—rotten eggs (thanks once again to sulfur dioxide).
What would Mars smell like?
Mars is made up primarily of iron, magnesium, sulfur, acids and CO2. Humans can’t breathe on Mars, which is probably a good thing because it stinks. Based on the make-up of the planet and atmosphere, researchers have concluded that Mars smells like rotten eggs.