PLANET MARS

Presented By:

Samia Amir & Tauseef Saeed

Journey to the

NCBA & EWest Canal Campus

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and the second Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and the second smallest planet in the solar, after Mercury. Named smallest planet in the solar, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often described as the after the Roman god of war, it is often described as the “Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its “Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its 

surface gives it a reddish appearancesurface gives it a reddish appearance

Mars

Sun

Earth/Mars ComparisonEarth/Mars Comparison

Distance from SunDistance from Sun 141.6 Million Miles141.6 Million Miles 93 Million Miles93 Million Miles

DiameterDiameter 4222 Miles4222 Miles 7926 Miles7926 Miles

Length of YearLength of Year 687 Earth Days 687 Earth Days 365.25 Days 365.25 Days

Length of Day Length of Day 24 hours 37 minutes 24 hours 37 minutes 23 hours 56 minutes 23 hours 56 minutes

Gravity Gravity .375 that of Earth .375 that of Earth 2.66 times that of Mars 2.66 times that of Mars

Temperature Temperature Average -81 degrees F Average -81 degrees F Average 57 degrees F Average 57 degrees F

Temperature Range Temperature Range -127 C to 17 C -127 C to 17 C -88 C to 58 C -88 C to 58 C

Number of Moons Number of Moons 2 2 1 1

Mars Earth

TELESCOPE PICTURE OF MARSTELESCOPE PICTURE OF MARS

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope This NASA Hubble Space Telescope view provides the most detailed view provides the most detailed complete global coverage of the red complete global coverage of the red planet Mars ever seen from Earth. planet Mars ever seen from Earth. This picture was taken on February This picture was taken on February 25, 1995, when Mars was at a 25, 1995, when Mars was at a distance of 65 million miles.distance of 65 million miles.

Does Mars have an atmosphere?Does Mars have an atmosphere?

The atmosphere is much thinner than Earth’s and is comprised primarily of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. It’s gravity is about one-third of our own.

The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons. It is 624 km (374 miles) in diameter; about the same size as Arizona.The altitude of Olympus Mons is three times the altitude of the largest peak on Earth, Mt. Everest.

LARGEST VOLCANO ON MARSLARGEST VOLCANO ON MARS

Launching Spirit Rover VideoLaunching Spirit Rover Video

Spaceship typically travels about 300 million miles and about 8 months to reach Mars

The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers. The farthest apart they can be is about 401 million km. The average distance is about 225 million km.

What Is the Distance Between Earth and Mars?

Seasons on MarsSeasons on Mars

Like Earth, Mars has seasonal changes but the seasons last much Like Earth, Mars has seasonal changes but the seasons last much longer. In Winter, Mars’ polar ice cap can reach down to 45 degrees longer. In Winter, Mars’ polar ice cap can reach down to 45 degrees latitude and then rapidly shrink during Spring. Dust storms are latitude and then rapidly shrink during Spring. Dust storms are seasonal, also, as witnessed in this Hubble image.seasonal, also, as witnessed in this Hubble image.

Mars Probe Highlights1965 – First FLYBY (Mariner 4)1971 – First ORBITER (Mariner 9)1976 – First LANDER (Viking)1997 – First ROVER (Sojourner)

Later Rovers Opportunity (2004)Curiosity (2012)

spacecrafts

The larger Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) landed in 2004.Spirit lasted until 2010, Opportunity still going!

Mars Probe Highlights

Spirit Spirit OpportunityOpportunity

Landing Of Spirit Rover VideoLanding Of Spirit Rover Video

Moons of MarsMoons of Mars

• Mars has two tiny moons named “Deimos” (Panic) & “Phobos” (Fear)

• The moons are irregular and very small in size– Phobos 27x22x18 km– Deimos 15x12x10 km

• The moons are probably asteroids captured by Mars

Deimos Phobos

Curiosity RoverCuriosity RoverCuriosity is a car-sized robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL).Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 10:02.It landed on in Gale Crater on Mars August 6, 2012,

What Curiosity What Curiosity Rover Do?Rover Do?A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle which propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival.

Gale Crater

NASA's Curiosity rover landed in the Martian crater known as Gale Crater.

LANDING OF CURIOSITYLANDING OF CURIOSITYAtmosphere

Surface

Heat 1600 degrees

SupersonicParachute

6500 pnd force

Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing

LANDING OF CURIOSITYLANDING OF CURIOSITYVIDEOVIDEO

Mars in Books, Movies, TV, RadioMars in Books, Movies, TV, Radio

Indian Mars probe.Indian Mars probe.

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan is a spacecraft orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

It is India's first interplanetary mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars.

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bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

http://mars.nasa.gov/

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/mars111.php