MARS

WHAT IS MARS?

SMALL PLANET
PHOBOS DEIMOS

FOURTH ROCK
DOUBLE MOONS
LONGER DAYS RUSTY PLANET

RUGGED TERRAIN THIN ATMOSPHERE

 HOW WAS MARS FORMED?
Core Accretion
 Our solar system started as a solar nebula
 Gravity collapsed in the center together to form our sun
 Heavier materials orbiting the sun clumped together
 They formed terrestrial planets close to the sun
 They formed gas giants further from the sun

Pebble Accretion
 Builds massive gas giants fast enough to grab the
lighter components of their atmosphere
Shrinking Down
 Jupiter and Saturn migrated toward the sun shortly after their birth
before tacking like a sailboat and returning to the outer solar system.
Along the way, they would have swept up much of the debris that
should have fed Mars' formation

Heating and Cooling

 Became hot as it formed because of the energy from these collisions
 Planet's interior melted and denser elements such as iron sank to
the center, forming the core
 DID YOU KNOW?
• Mars is the most studied planet in the Solar System, besides Earth
• Mars sounds like this
• It got its name from the Roman God of War
• It is the only planet in the Solar System besides Earth that
people believe is most likely to contain or to have contained
life
These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks
called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill
on Mars are inferred to have been formed by
contemporary flowing water. Recently,
planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on
these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their
original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed
formed by liquid water.
• The largest volcano in the
Solar System is on Mars called
"Olympus Mons", also the
tallest mountain with
approximately 27km

• It has the longest deepest canyon in

the Solar System the Valles Marineris
Canyon which stretches about
4000km along the Equator of Mars
and can be as deep as 7km in places
 • Mars has polar caps like Earth, but
Mars' contain mostly frozen "Carbon
Dioxide" instead of frozen water

• Mars also tilts like the Earth, causing its seasons

• Rocks from Mars have landed on Earth from meteorite impacts

• The first space probe to take
pictures from Mars' surface was
"Mariner 4" in 1964

• These are the rovers down on the surface of Mars:

Spirit Phoenix Opportunity

• These are the orbiters watching from above the surface of Mars:

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars Odyssey Mars Express

PRESENTED BY
11 – 2 Roger

BAJAR, Pheodor Alfred D.

AÑONUEVO, Adria Julienne G.
CANCEL, Vienne Iross B.
DUNGOG, Allianne Ysabelle B.
NICDAO, Kara Melissa B.
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