Why are Mars' seasons more extreme than those of the earth? Mars' orbit is more eccentric than our almost circular one. Mars' weather is driven by evaporation from the polar ice in its summer. Mars' axial tilt is slightly more than our 23.5 degrees. Mars' seas dried up long ago.
(laÉª) vb (intr) , lies, lying, lay (leÉª) or lain (leÉªn) 1. (often foll by down) to place oneself or be in a prostrate position, horizontal to the ground. 2. to be situated, esp on a horizontal surface: the pencil is lying on the desk; India lies to the south of Russia. 3. to be buried: here lies Jane Brown.
âlayâ in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8. Noun . lay (countable and uncountable, plural lays) Arrangement or relationship; layout. the lay of the land; A share of the profits in a business. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16