Monday, October 17, 2011

Mars

                                                                                                                   
Diagram:

Planet order: the fourth planet from the Sun. 

Distance from the Sun 228 km. 
                        23
Mass is 6,4* 10   kg.         Diameter is 6794 km. 

Rotation is 24 hours 37 minutes by Earth time.       Revolution is 686 days by Earth day count. 

Number of Moons are 2: Phobos and Deimos. They are terrestrial.


Planet Description: 

Scientist described Mars as the “Red Planet”, as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance. Mars is terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts and polar ice caps of Earth.


Interesting facts:

Mars has water. When humans saw first those formations, they called canals. Mars is most similar to Earth and also has 4 seasons.

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