By: Tyler Giles, Maria Weinstein, and Katie Clemente

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Mars
By Tyler Giles, Maria Weinstein, and Katie
Clemente
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Surroundings of Mars

• Marss atmosphere has a thin layer of carbon
  dioxide.
• Marss temperature is -220 to 81F.
• Marss core is made of nickel, iron, and
  silicate.

• Moons
• Mars has two moons called Phobes and Deimos.

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Facts of Mars

• The diameter of Mars is 4,222 miles.
• Mars is 142 million miles away from the sun.
• A year on Mars is 687 days.
• A day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes.

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The History of the Planet Mars
Phoenix Mars Lander landed on Mars on May 25,
2008. Mars got its name from the Roman god of
war who was very bloody, and its nickname is the
Red Planet. Christain Hvygens and Giovanni
Shiaparell studied Mars. Viking I and II were
missions to study Marss surface.
The Symbol of Mars
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Extremly Interesting Facts
MARS
On Mars there is a HUGE canyon that can streach
from New York to Los Angeles!
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SOURCES
MARS
1. Windows To The Universe 2. The Nine
Planets 3. Welcome to the Planets 4. Kids
Astronomy 5. A Virtural Journey to the
Universe 6. NASA Kids 7. Classroom materials 8.
MARS by Steven L. Kipp