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Mars
Martians!!!!
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Weather on Mars
Depends upon __________________________
Mars’ _________ effects the weather
Near ______________ -
Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Large day-night temperature variations
Winds Global dust storms
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Atmospheric Characteristics
Composition
95% __________
3 % ___________
0.15% __________
0.03% ___________
Pressure is _______ Earth’s
The temperature like Antarctica, with some extremes.
Fogs, clouds
No liquid water on the surface – only gas or solid water
Internal Structure
Lower density than the Earth
Magnetic field is ______________________________.
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Craters
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Happy Face
Crater
Polar
Ice Caps
Water Ice
Carbon Dioxide Ice
Tharsis Bulge
Vallis Marineris Region
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Olympus Mons
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Valles Marineris
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Surface
Studies
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Discovered by
Asaph Hall in
1877
Most likely
captured
asteroids
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Deimos “Panic”
Phobos “Fear”
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