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Mars: The Red
Planet
By: Kat Saddler
Symbol & Name
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Named by Romans
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Ares:god of war
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Because of red color (blood)
Discovery
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Discovered by Ancients
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Date Unknown
Planet Measurements
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Mass: 6.4169 x 10^23 kg
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Volume: 1.63116 x 10^11 km^3
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Density: 3.934 g/cm^3
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Sink in Water: density > than water’s (water’s density=1 g/cm^3
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Gravity: 3.71 m/s^s
Atmosphere
Consists of…
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Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen
Argon
Thin atmosphere (not a lot of atmosphere)
Distances
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Order from the sun: 4
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Distance from the sun: 227388763.45km
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Distance from Earth: 77790892.76km
Orbit and Rotation
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One year (orbit sun): 1.9 earth years
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One day (rotate on axis once): 1.026 earth days; 24.623 hours
Temperature
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Average: -55 degrees Celsius; -67 degrees Celsius
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Average on Earth: -88 low; 58 max (degrees Celsius)
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Average in Florida: 26 degrees Celsius
Appearance
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Rocky Planet (inner planet)
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Dry like a desert
Altered by
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volcanoes
impacts
crustal movement
atmosphere effect
Composition
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No one knows what Mars is made of
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Scientists has a mission
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InSight: mission to figure out what is in the interior of mars
Looks
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Red (red planet)
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Bumpy
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Rocky
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Has craters
Water
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Martian atmosphere is too thin
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(To have liquid water for a long time)
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Water-ice is found under the surface
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(Polar regions)
Weather
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Seasons = last twice as long as Earth’s
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Spring(north)+Fall(south)=longest
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Fall(north)+Spring(south)=shortest
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High: 70 degrees Fahrenheit
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Low: -225 degrees Fahrenheit
Moons
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2 moons
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Found by Asaph Hall
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Named by the sons of Ares (Ares=mars)
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Phobos: 1887(6 days after), crater (10 km wide) called Stickney,
mean fear in Greek
What would happen if a human traveled to your
planet?
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It is a really thin atmosphere
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There is no protection from the sun’s rays
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People can’t breathe because there is no oxygen
Fun Facts
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More than 40 spacecrafts
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1st success: 1965=Mariner 4
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Insight: INterior Exploration Using Seismis Investigations, Geodesy and
Heat Transport
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Mission: to find out what is in Martian interior and Earth’s evolutionary
formation
Works Cited
"Solar System Exploration: News & Events: Frequently Asked Questions: Mars." Solar System Exploration: News & Events:
Frequently Asked Questions: Mars. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013.
"Solar System Exploration: Home Page." Solar System Exploration: Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
<http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm>.
"Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 17
Dec. 2013.
"The Weather in Florida." The Weather in Florida. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
<http://www.solarius.com/dvp/wdw/climate.htm>.
"Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Moons: Phobos: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Moons:
Phobos: Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013.
Picture Citations
Mars Symbol. N.d. Photograph. Wikipedia, n.p.
Phobos. N.d. Photograph. Wikipedia, n.p.
Deimos. N.d. Photograph. Wikipedia, n.p.
Water_ice_clouds_hanging_above_Tharsis. N.d. Photograph. Wikipedia, n.p.
Ferrit+on+mars+curiosity. N.d. Photograph. UFO SIGHTINGS HOTSPOT, n.p.
Mars_atmosphere. N.d. Photograph. Wikipedia, n.p.
1. N.d. Photograph. Grida, n.p.
Planetorder. N.d. Photograph. Nineplanets, n.p.
Print. N.d. Photograph. Cloudynights, n.p.
Water-on-mars-3. N.d. Photograph. Science.howstuffworks, n.p.