Mars+P7

Mars P7

MARS


 * Mars is an inner planet.
 * It has two moons named Phobos and Deimos.
 * It is 6,794 KM in diameter.
 * It is 1.52 AU (astrinomical units) from the sun.
 * It has 2 moons.
 * I day on Mars is 24.6 earth days.
 * 687 days in a year on Mars.
 * One revolution (or one year) is 687 Earth days.
 * One rotation (or one day) is 24.6 Earth days.
 * -63 degrees C (-81 degrees F).
 * It is a terrestrial planet.

Asteroids and Meteors


 * Asteroids travel on a belt.
 * The belt they travel on is between the inner and the outer planets.
 * Asteroids are made of rock and metal.
 * Meteors are little chunks of rock and debris in space
 * they become meteors when they fall through a planets atmosphere
 * the peaces that don't get destiryed hit the ground and are then called meteorites
 * the ANSMET has foound more than 10,000 meteorite specimens from antartica
 * the meteorites are the currently the only reliable source of non-microscopic materials