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