MARS
Mars’ characteristics
Mars is a terrestrial planet which means it has a solid surface. Mar’s surface has been altered by many factors though, these include, volcanoes, impacts, crustal movement, and dust storms. The atmosphere on Mars is thin and is made up of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon. Mars has two moons these moons are called Phobos and Deimos. The temperature on Mars ranges from -87 degrees Celsius to -5 degrees Celsius.
Mars’ place in the solar system
Mars has a circumference of 21,296.9 km, approximately half the size of Earth. Mars is the fourth furthest planet from the Sun, this distance is 227, 940, 000 km. This is equal to 1.524 AU.
Mars’ spin and orbit
Mars’ spin on itself is similar to Earths Mars’ spin takes a little over 24 Earth hours. This is only slightly longer than one Earth day. While spinning around on itself Mars also spins around the Sun in an orbit. Mars’ orbit takes 687 Earth days which is almost double one Earth year.
Photo of Mars obtained from:
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftransformers.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FMars&h=0&w=0&tbnid=8CzsDZXBR2jPiM&zoom=1&q=mars&tbnh=219&tbnw=230&docid=9-HqxY0VWCfJFM&tbm=isch&client=safari&ei=GedpU_SXF43KkwX6rIHwAw&ved=0CAgQsCUoAg
Mars’ characteristics
Mars is a terrestrial planet which means it has a solid surface. Mar’s surface has been altered by many factors though, these include, volcanoes, impacts, crustal movement, and dust storms. The atmosphere on Mars is thin and is made up of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon. Mars has two moons these moons are called Phobos and Deimos. The temperature on Mars ranges from -87 degrees Celsius to -5 degrees Celsius.
Mars’ place in the solar system
Mars has a circumference of 21,296.9 km, approximately half the size of Earth. Mars is the fourth furthest planet from the Sun, this distance is 227, 940, 000 km. This is equal to 1.524 AU.
Mars’ spin and orbit
Mars’ spin on itself is similar to Earths Mars’ spin takes a little over 24 Earth hours. This is only slightly longer than one Earth day. While spinning around on itself Mars also spins around the Sun in an orbit. Mars’ orbit takes 687 Earth days which is almost double one Earth year.
Photo of Mars obtained from:
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftransformers.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FMars&h=0&w=0&tbnid=8CzsDZXBR2jPiM&zoom=1&q=mars&tbnh=219&tbnw=230&docid=9-HqxY0VWCfJFM&tbm=isch&client=safari&ei=GedpU_SXF43KkwX6rIHwAw&ved=0CAgQsCUoAg