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Come see it! By: Dusty Morris and Simon Burdick

MARS. Come see it! By: Dusty Morris and Simon Burdick. Table of Contents. Title Table of Contents Basic Information The Moons Discovered by… Space Crafts Surface Features Composition of Atmosphere Composition of Mars Why you should Go! Credits . Basic information.

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Come see it! By: Dusty Morris and Simon Burdick

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  1. MARS Come see it!By: Dusty Morris and Simon Burdick

  2. Table of Contents Title Table of Contents Basic Information The Moons Discovered by… Space Crafts Surface Features Composition of Atmosphere Composition of Mars Why you should Go! Credits

  3. Basic information • 4th Planet from the sun. • Distance from sun: 12.7 light-minutes. • It appears: Red. • Has 0 rings, and two moons named Phobos and Deimos. • Is a Rocky or Terrestrial, inner Planet. • Mass: 0.64191 X 1027 KG. • Diameter: 6794 KM. • Surface Gravity: 38% of Earth’s. • Density: 3.93 G/CM3. • Length of day: 24 hours 40 minutes • Year: 1 year 322 Days. • Surface temperatures: High;37⁰C. Low;-123⁰C

  4. Mars has two beautiful moons • The moons are named: Phobos and Deimos • Both are made of rocks with carbon and ice • Named after the Roman God Mars’ two immortal sons Moons Two moons Equal twice the fun!

  5. Discovered by… • Officially discovered (documented) by Galileo Galilei, but probably seen by ancient people. • Discovered in 1610 B.C.E. • Egyptians were the first people to take notice (in recorded history) 1570 B.C.-1293 B.C. • Aristotle notes mars is farther from earth in 300 B.C.E

  6. Space Crafts Past Future Mars Odyssey Mars Express Spirit/Opportunity Mars Lab Maven ExoMars/Trace Gas orbiter • Sojourner Rover • Viking Orbiter • Beagle • Phoenix • Mars Express Orbiter • The Viking • Orbiter • Mariner 3,4,6,and 7

  7. Surface Features • Volcanoes (Olympus Mons) • Mountains (The Face on Mars) • Craters • Icecaps • Canyons • Plains • Seasons • Wind

  8. Atmosphere Nitrogen • Carbon Dioxide • Iron Dust • Nitrogen • Argon Argon Iron Dust

  9. Composition OfMars • Iron • Sulfur • Silicates Sulfur Iron Basalt • Basalt • Iron Oxides • H2O

  10. OtherUnique/Important Facts • Mars is the Red planet. • The Earth month of march is named after Mars. • The symbol for mars ♂ is Mars the roman god’s shield and arrow. • Mars’ crust is thicker than Earth’s and is one piece rather than many plates so that there is no seismic activity on Mars.

  11. Why You Should go! Mars has a BEAUTIFULred surface with LUCIOUSmountains. If you l veWinter then you will l vemars. The temperature is always cold and even has ice for all you ice skaters. If you like mountain climbing then you will think the Olympus Mons are AMAZING(they are the TallestVolcanoein our solar system) * * *

  12. Credits McDougal Earth Science Textbook. "The Surface of Mars."StarrySkies.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://starryskies.com/solar_system/mars/mars_surface.html>. "Mars: Moons." ThinkQuest. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/C005921/Mars/marsMoon.htm>. "50 Interesting Facts about Mars."Random Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://facts.randomhistory.com/2008/12/22_mars.html>. Baxamusa, BatulNafisa. "Who Discovered Mars." Buzzle Web Portal. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/who-discovered-mars.html>. "Mars." Chris Mihos. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/mars.html>. "What is Mars Made Of?." Universe Today. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.universetoday.com/14702/what-is-mars-made-of/>. "atmosphere of Mars." The Encyclopedia of Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Marsatmos.html>. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Mars&Era=Present http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Moons http://www.astrodigital.org/mars/timeline1.html http://redclayreport.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/galileo.jpg http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/mars/moons.html "The Surface of Mars."StarrySkies.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://starryskies.com/solar_system/mars/mars_surface.html. "Mars: Moons." ThinkQuest. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://library.thinkquest.org/C005921/Mars/marsMoon.htm. "50 Interesting Facts about Mars."Random Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://facts.randomhistory.com/2008/12/22_mars.html. Baxamusa, BatulNafisa. "Who Discovered Mars." Buzzle Web Portal. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/who-discovered-mars.html. "Mars." Chris Mihos. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/mars.html. "What is Mars Made Of?." Universe Today. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://www.universetoday.com/14702/what-is-mars-made-of/. "atmosphere of Mars." The Encyclopedia of Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Marsatmos.html. Images: "Pareidolia." Cognitive Biases. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://cognitivebiases.com/pareidolia/. "Mars Volcano Olympus Mons." BDShots . N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://www.bdshots.com/v/space/solarsystem/Mars+Volcano+Olympus+Mons.jpg.html. "Carbon Dioxide." Climate Lab . N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://climatelab.org/Carbon_dioxide. "Nitrogen Molecule." Chemistry. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. http://chemistry.about.com/od/factsstructures/ig/Chemical-Structures---N/Nitrogen-Molecule.htm. "Platonic solids." London South Bank University. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/platonic.html. "METEORITE PICTURES / PHOTOS." METEORITES . N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Meteorite_Photos/index.html. "exceptionalroom5." Exceptional Minerals. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. http://www.exceptionalminerals.com/exceptionalroom5.htm. "File:Olivine basalt.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olivine_basalt.jpg. Brought to you by the letter C

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