Mars
- 3. Mar is 230million km away from the sun.
Mars solar day = 24 hours and 39 minutes.
Mars revolution = 687 earth days.
- 4. MOON OF MARS
Phobos & Deimos
Named after Greek mythology characters Panic and Dread
Discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall
- 5. Conisits of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon
and traces of oxygen and water
Extremely thin atmosphere
No magnetosphere
- 7. Water in Mars
Water was speculated to
be once present in Mars,
buttoday, water cannot
exist due to low
atmospheric pressure
(except in low areas)