Mars

By: Max Winderman

About Mars

• Got its name from roman god of war. Mars means disfigure.

discovery

• No body knows how mars was really discovered. It was discovered with the naked eye

Distances

• Order from the sun is 4th • Distance from sun is 227,900,000 km• Distance from earth is 225 million km

Planets measurements

• Mass is 639E21kg • Volume is 163,115,609,779 km3 • Density is 3.93 g/cm3• Sink because the density is not heavy• Gravity is 3.711 m/s2

Orbit and rotation

Takes Mars 1.88 earth years to travel the sun. it takes 27 days to rotate on its own axis .

Atmosphere

Rocky atmosphere. It is a thin atmosphere

Temperature

• 70 * F • 200* F on earth It is a lot colder at night on mars that in Florida.At night mars can go to -90* celcus

Appearance

• It is a rocky planet it is made up of 95% carbon dioxide

• Iron material • Bigger than earth and mars is a red planet

Weather

• Dry • Cold• Dust storms

Moons

• 2 moons • Names are Phobos and Deimos• Don’t know when they were discovered

Water types

• A little bit of ice is found on mars

What would happen if a person traveled to Mars

• The person would float and the would be really cold

Special fact

• Mars only has 2% water • 2moons• Many volcanoes

Bibliography

• "Volcanoes on Mars." Universe Today RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Dec. 2013

• "Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Dec. 2013.

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Bibliography

• "When Was Mars Discovered?" Universe Today RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Dec. 2013.

• "Planet Mars Facts and Information." Disabled World. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Dec. 2013.