Mars

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Mars

• Tate Christensen

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The Planets Name

• My planet is named for the Roman god of war.
• Mars nick name is the red planet.

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Position In The Solar System

• Mars is the fourth planet from the Earth.

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Rotation On Its Axis

• The rotation for Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes.

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Size

• Mars is 4,217 miles wide.
• Mars is 11 larger than the Earth.
• Nine Mars equals the mass of the Earth.

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Gravity

• The gravity on Mars is less than Earth.
• A 100 pound person would weigh thirty-eight
  pounds on Mars.

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Orbit

• Mars travels around the sun once every 687 Earth
  days.

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Atmosphere

• The atmosphere on Mars is 95 carbon doxide,3
  nitrogen, 1.6 argon.

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Temperature

• The temperature on Mars is -81F.

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Composition of Your Planet and its Appearance

• The surface of Mars has craters, canyons.

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Moons

• Mars has two moons.
• An astronomer discovered Phobos and Deimos in
  1877.

Phobos
Deimos
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Rings

• Mars has zero rings.

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How would a Human Being Fare on Your Planet

• If there was a person on Mars they would freeze.

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Discovery of your Planet

• Mars is one of the inner planets.
• People have known about Mars for many years.

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Something Special

• On Mars there is a dried up lake there might be
  some liquid on the surface.

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Interesting things about

• This is a special day that happens only every 26
  months when Earth is exactly between the Sun and
  Mars.