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