1. By: Jacqueline Hofstetter
Mars
By: Jacqueline Hofstetter

2. Symbol

3. How Mars got its Name
Ares: Greek god of war, identified as Roman name

4. Discovery
Who: by the ancients
When: unknown
How: unknown

5. Planet Measurements Mass: 6.4169x10 23 Volume: 1.63116x1011km3
Density: 3.934g/cm3
Float or sink?
Sink, because the density is heaver for it to float
Gravity: 3.71 m/s2

6. Atmosphere
Q. What is your composition of the atmosphere of your planet? Is it a thick or a thin atmosphere? A. Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, Argon. It is a thin Atmosphere

7. Distances
Order from the sun: 4th from the sun Distance from the sun in Km: 2.2x108km Distance from the earth in Km: 54.6 million Km

8. Orbit and Rotation
Q. How long does it take for your planet to orbit the sun?
1.88 Earth years
Q. How long does it take for your planet to rotate on its own axis? A

9. Temperature
Q. What is the temperature range on your planet? A. 218 k ( -55c , -67F)

10. Composition/Appearance
Q. What type of planet is it( rocky or a gas giant)? How does this describe the planet’s surface composition?
Rocky, its puts the picture of dirt and dry surface.
Q. What is the internal composition?
Dense core, molten rocky mantle
Q. What does your planet look like?
Referred to as the red planet, canyons, volcanoes. It has water ice clouds hanging above the tharsis volcanoes. Its half the size of earth, dry and has a rocky surface.

11. Rings
No Rings

12. Water Q. What forms of water are found on Mars? Ice, vapor
North Pole- ice cap
South Pole- no bodies of water because of atmosphere pressure

13. Weather Stormy thunder Chill Atmosphere
Clouds of water ice winds- up to 50 mph
Cold- drop to -100
Poles- -200

14. Moons Q. Is their any moons on your planet? yes, 2 moons
phobos- Asaph Hall – August 1877
Deimos- Asaph Hall – August 12, 1877

15. Human to planet??
Q. On your Planet, would a person choke in the atmosphere, be squashed be the extreme gravity, float with ease, freeze, burn up, or something else? A. If people traveled to Mars they would freeze, float really high- gravity(low) and your lungs would pop.

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