MARS
By: Emily Zimmer
Mars's Location and Roation
Mars is 141,600,000 miles away from the sun making it the fourth planet in our Solar System. Mars has a more eccentric orbit than Earth taking it 686.971 Earth days to orbit the sun (1.88 years). It takes Mars a little longer to rotate around it’s own axis than Earth, Mars takes 24.62 hours to rotate. Since the years are longer on Mars the axial tilt is different.
This moon is Phobos
Phobos is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars. Phobos is 7.24 times as massive as the second moon Deimos.
This moon is Deimos
The smaller of the two, the lumpy Deimos, bears more resemblance to an asteroid than to most of the moons in the solar system
Size of Mars
Mars is the second smallest planet in the Solar System. Mars is about half (53 percent) the size of Earth, but because Mars is a desert planet, it has the same amount of dry land as Earth.
Have you ever wondered what Mars looks like?
Did you know Mars has seasons too?
Mars has all four seasons just like Earth, but on Mars the seasons are not the same length as each other nor are they the same in each hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere spring is the longest season. In this hemisphere the seasons break down like this: Spring…7 months, Summer…6 months, Fall…5.3 months, and Winter…just over 4 months. In the south, seasons are not exactly the same length as the north, but they are similar; however, the temperatures can be as much as 30 C warmer
What can be done on Mars
You could go hiking around this Planet. It would be a great way to get up and get active.
You could also...
Play a fun game of soccer, baseball, football or maybe even kickball
Fun Fact
The month March derives from Mars
Discovery of Mars
Why would someone want to take a vacation to Mars
How would a Human Being suvive on Mars
Fun Facts
Mars is named after the Roman God of War. It is often described as the “Red Planet."
Fun Fact
If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, on Mars you would weigh 37.7 pounds.
Fun Fact
If you were driving 60 mph in a car it would take you 271 years and 221 days to get to Mars from Earth.
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