Planet Mars
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Mars has two small moons called Phobos and Deimos. It has icy poles and channels that may have once held life. Temperatures average around -83C but can reach a high of 20C and a low of -140C. The surface is characterized by debris, rocks, boulders, canyons, inactive volcanoes, and red dust. The northern hemisphere is smoother due to repeated lava flows. Mars weighs 6.4185x1023 kg and has a diameter of 6800 km.
Planet Mars
- 2. About the moons and the planetIf you drop a rock on Phobos it would take 3 minutes to get to your foot. They think the channels have life in there. The water is frozen at the poles on Mars. They think people can live there but they will have to be protected from the cold. The other moons name is Deimos.
- 3. Mars surface temperatureMars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts and the polar ice caps of Earth. Mars is the home to the Olympus Mons. It is 3 times bigger than Mount Everest. The surface temperatures of Mars are -83C which is the average, the max is 20C and the min is -140C.
- 4. What the surface looks likeIt has lots of debris ,lots of rocks Boulders, Canyons, Inactive Volcanoes and Red Dust. That what the Southern Hemisphere looks like but the North Hemisphere has very few craters. The Northern Hemisphere is smooth from repeated lava flows indicating a lot of volcanic activity. There is also lots of deformed uplifted crustal sections with along with collapsed depressions.
- 6. Facts about diameter and stuffAverage distance from the Sun: 228 kilometres. Diameter at equator: 6800 kilometres. Period of rotation (length of day) 24.5 hours. Period of orbit around the sun (length of year) 687 Earth days. Surface gravity: 0.38 time that of Earth. Surface temp: usually ranges from about -120 to about -30.
- 8. Bibliography Facts about diameter and stuff got from text book.Images: www.googleimages.comSurface temperature facts www.solarviews.com/eng/mars.htmWhat the surface looks like facts from www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarsFacts on what the surface looks like www.starryskies.com/solar_system/marsFacts on how much Mars weighs and some of what the surface looks like www.wikianswers.com