Phobos And Deimos

The planet Mars is a red plant that is found in the Solar System in the Milky Way Galaxy one planets farther from the sun than Earth. The planet Mars has a very thin atmosphere full of primarily carbon dioxide. The surface of Mars is very dusty and rocky because of volcanoes. The geology of Mars is different from Earth in many ways including the amount of volcanoes, mountains, valleys, and internal makeup.

Mars is a rocky body about half the size of Earth. Like Earth, Mars experiences seasons because of the tilt of its rotational axis, so its distance to the sun changes, according to NASA (n.d.). Telescope observations show water-iced clouds, polar ice, and volcanoes. Mars has the largest Volcanic Mountain in the solar system, named the Olympus Mons and has two moons in its orbit.

Poseidon and Zeus were enjoying the delicious smell of turkey and all the deliciousness of foods all over the world on Mount Olympus with many other gods and goddesses. They were all having fun and enjoying the view. The gods and goddesses were having fun except for 1, Hades. Hades the god of the underworld was planning something.

On May 30th, keep your eyes on the sky. Mars will appear in a way that it hasn't in over a decade. NASA states that the red planet will be about 46.8 million miles away from Earth. That may seem like a great distance for average joes like you in me, but to aliens, it's a mere step away. The reason for the close passing is due to the two planets egg-like orbits. Minimum distance between the two doesn't stay the same for this reason meaning that gravitational pull from the planets is constantly changing. Time to time, they will drift

craters. The smaller moons of Saturn, are mostly rock and ice, and are heavily cratered.

Scientists of the New Horizons mission have found Pluto to be 1,473 miles in diameter, which is larger than many prior estimates. Pluto’s size means that its density is slightly lower and the fraction of ice in its interior is slightly higher. Also, the lowest layer of Pluto’s atmosphere is shallower. They were able to confirm that Pluto’s largest moon, Cheron is 751 miles across as well as the smaller moons Nix is estimated to be about 20 miles across, while Hydra is roughly 30 miles across. Pluto’s even smaller moons, Kerberos and Styx will be determined in later months when the data is transferred to

Preview Statement: The possibility of life on mars is an extravagant topic to look at. Before that, we must analyze Mars itself along with its conditions. First, we will talk about the ice caps located on Mars. Second, we will examine the water streaks on Mars. Third we will observe if the red planet is inhabitable for humans to conquer it.

The other 22 are further away and some are smaller than Pluto. One of the largest moons is Titania and is covered with small craters. The second largest moon is Arial, it has craters, valleys and canyons on it. The darkest moon orbiting Uranus is Umbriel.

Mars is an interesting and mysterious planet. It is often referred to as the Red Planet. The Romans named Mars after the god of war. The rocks, soil, and sky all have a red hue on account of rust. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun at about 141 million miles (228 million kilometers) and the last terrestrial planet from the Sun. Mars follows closely behind Earth but is comparatively smaller, with about half the diameter of Earth (6,794-km) and about one-tenth of Earth s mass (6.419 x 1023 kg). Thus the force of gravity on Mars is about one-third of that on Earth. Mars is probably the planet we know the most about since it is so close to Earth, though what we know now is not even close to everything about the planet. Over

Fig. 2. The formation of the Moon due to an off-centre collision of a Mars sized body (Freedman and Kaufmann, 2009) p.249

It has two small moons both visible from Earth. The first moon, Phobos (fear) and Deimos (panic) were named for the sons of Ares (Greek God of War, or Mars to Romans) and Aphrodite (Greek name for Venus) Goddess of Love. The moons were discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877. Both moons have an irregular shape and heavily cratered surface. Their dark surface make it difficult to study them. Phobos is the larger of the two at 28km long and 20km wide with an enormous 10km crater named after Hall's wife Stickney. Deimos is the smaller of the two at 16k long and 10km wide with it's largest crater being 2.3km. The moons were thought to have been asteroids that were slowed and captured by outer fringes of Eartly Martian atmosphere. Because of this thought the moons are studied because the moons are assumed to contain what remains of the young solar system--before the major planets were

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Mars and Jupiter; which is believed to have formed when Planet X exploded. This belt holds

Mars has two moons. Their names are Phobos and Deimos. They are made of carbon-rich rock mixed with ice and are covered in dust and loose rocks. They have creators all over from meteorites hitting them. They are much smaller than Earth’s moon and are shaped irregularly since they don't have enough gravity to pull themselves into a more circular shape.

Mars is the planet nearest to Earth that we are most likely to explore and send