Download - The Planet Mars
The Planet Mars
By: Eryn Downey
Symbol and Meaning
• Mars means Ares• Ares is the god of war• Red symbolizes blood and war• Mars was a red planet• Hence the name ‘Mars’
Discovery
• Discovered by many-Egyptians-Babylonians -Greeks-Danish-Nicolaus Copernicus
Discovery• Egyptians-Originally named the planet-Greek god of war (Ares)
• Nicolaus Copernicus -Saw Mars through a telescope
• Christian Huygens-First to notice characteristics
Distances
• Order from SunSun-Mercury-Venus-Earth-Mars
• Distance from Sun - 227,900,000 km
• Distance from Earth - 56,000,000 km
Measurements
Mass: 641,693,000,000,000,000,000,000 kmVolume: 163,115,609,799 km^3 Density: 3.934 g/cm^3-Sink in waterGravity: 3.71 m/s^2(Earth weight)- 100 pounds(Mars weight)- 38 pounds
Orbit and Rotation
Orbit the sun- 686.971 daysRotating on own axis- 24.623 hours
CompositionWhat is Mars made up of?-Carbon Dioxide-Nitrogen-Argon
Rocky surfaceRed featuresVery dusty
Thin atmosphere
Temperature
Very large temperature range(-125* C to 23* C)
Weather
Summer and Day Time-20* CWinter and Night Time--140* C
Temperatures vary throughout the day
Rings/Moons
No Rings
2 moons-Phobos: Larger and More Craters -Demos: Smaller and Less Craters
Discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall
Water/Living Place?
There are ice patches found on the North and South poles
Sustain Life?-The person would suffocate-Not high gravity force-38% lighter-Mars is cold
Interesting FactsMars crust is thicker than Earth’s and only has one plate while the Earth has several
During Winter, 20% of the air freezes because of how cold Mars gets.
Twice as long seasons than Earth