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__//**Ship Name:**//__ Cyncus

__//**Planet Description: Mars**//__ (about 24 km above surrounding lava plains) || 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon || Site: [] Last Updated: 5/10/05 (Not recently updated, not a good source.)
 * Mass (kg) || 6.42 x 10 ^23 ||
 * Diameter (km) || 6787 ||
 * Mean density (kg/m3) || 3940 ||
 * Escape velocity (m/s) || 5000 ||
 * Average distance from Sun || 1.524 AU (227,936,640 km) ||
 * Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) || 1.026 ||
 * Revolution period (length of year in Earth days) || 686.98 ||
 * Obliquity (tilt of axis degrees) || 25 ||
 * Orbit inclination (degrees) || 1.85 ||
 * Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular) || 0.093 ||
 * Maximum surface temperature (K) || 310 (36.85 C = 99.33 F) ||
 * Minimum surface temperature (K) || 150 (-123.15 C = -189.67 F) ||
 * Visual geometric [|albedo] (reflectivity) || 0.15 ||
 * Highest point on surface || Olympus Mons
 * Atmospheric components || 95% carbon dioxide,
 * Surface materials || [|basaltic] rock and altered materials ||

__//**Moons:**//__ (2)Deimos, Phobos Site: []

__//**Rings:**//__ NONE

__//**More Info:**//__ //--1//.8808476 Julian years --Julian Year = 1.001 Gregorian (Earth) years //**- __Atmospheric Pressure (at surface)__-**// --0.01 bars //** __Temperatures (at surface)__-**// --Minimum: -125 degrees F --Maximum: 23 degrees F --Average: -53 degrees F
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Notes for Interesting Facts- -Scientists believe that 3.5 billion years ago, Mars experienced the largest known floods in the solar system. This water may even have pooled into lakes or shallow oceans. -At present, Mars is too cold and its atmosphere is too thin to allow liquid water to exist at the surface for long. [] -You might think that Mars is a near-twin of Earth, but it has a diameter of about half the Earth, measuring only 6,800 km across. With the smaller size comes an even smaller mass. The total mass of Mars is only about 10% the mass of Earth. The surface gravity is only 37% what you would experience on Earth. In other words, you would be able to jump 3 times as high on Mars as you can on Earth. -Mars has the longest, deepest canyon in the Solar System One of the most distinct features on the surface of Mars is the Valles Marineris canyon. It stretches 4,000 km along the equator of Mars, and can be as deep as 7 km in places. If you could move the Valles Marineris to Earth, it would stretch right across the United States. -One of Mars’ moons is going to crash into it Mars has two, tiny asteroid-sized moons called Phobos and Deimos. Phobos orbits the planet at such a low altitude that it’s going to eventually be torn apart by the gravity of Mars. It will survive as a ring for a few years, and then the debris will rain down on Mars. Scientists disagree on when this will happen. It could happen as soon as 10 million years from now, and no later than 50 million years. -We have pieces of Mars on Earth Both Earth and Mars have been slammed by large asteroids in the past. Although most of the debris kicked up by the impact falls back down on to the planet, some of it can be ejected so quickly that it escapes Mars entirely. These ejected meteorites can [|orbit] the Solar System for millions of years before they finally crash down on other worlds. Some have crashed on Earth, and been identified by scientists. Tiny amounts of Mars’ atmosphere were trapped in the meteorites, and this is how scientists were able to study the Martian atmosphere before sending the first spacecraft. []

My Words- INTERESTING FACTS: -Mars is the Roman name for the Greek god Ares. -In Greek mythology, Deimos and Phobos are the sons of Ares and Aphrodite (or Mars and Venus). -Deimos is the Greek god of terror -Phobos is the Greek god of fear -Phobos and Deimos are the names of Mars' moons. -In 1959, there was an April Fools Day hoax saying that Mars' moons were actually artificial satellites. -There is a city in Pennsylvania named Mars. -Scientists have identified pieces of Mars on Earth. The atmosphere of Mars was able to be researched because the meteorites had captured some. -Approximately 3.5 billion years ago, it is possible that one of the biggest floods in the solar system occured on Mars. It is believed that the liquid water pooled into shallow oceans, lakes, and rivers. -The current atmosphere is too thin and cold to support liquid water on Mars. All water freezes under these conditions. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-Mars' zodiac, pictured below, is also a representation of human males.

-On Mars is the longest and deepest canyon in the Solar System, Valles Marineris. It is as large as the entire United States, at 4000 km long, and can be as deep as 7 km. -Millions of years from now, Mars' moon, Phobos, will shatter under Mars' gravity and rain down on the planet. -Mars' gravity is 37% less than Earth's. -Mars' is about 10% Earth's mass. -The diameter of Earth is twice as big as Mars'.

In My Words-

Destination: (Julian Year- 1.001 Earth years) || 2.7% Nitrogen 1.6% Argon || (About 24 kilometers above surface; 403 miles in diameter) ||
 * < Features of Mars ||< Data ||
 * < Orbital Period ||< 1.8808476 Julian Years
 * < Minimum Temperature ||< -125 degrees F ||
 * < Maximum Temperature ||< 23 degrees F ||
 * < Average Temperature ||< -53 degrees ||
 * < Atmospheric Pressure ||< 0.01 Bars ||
 * < Atmospheric Components ||< 95.3% Carbon Dioxide
 * < Moons ||< (2) Deimos, Phobos ||
 * < Rings ||< None ||
 * < Surface Materials ||< Basaltic Rock and Altered Materials ||
 * < Albedo (reflectivity) ||< 0.15 ||
 * < Mass ||< 6.42 x 10^23 ||
 * < Diameter ||< 6787 km ||
 * < Average Distance from Sun ||< 1.524 AU (227,936,640 km) ||
 * < Highest Point on Surface ||< Olympus Mons

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Mars is the second closest planet to our home, Earth. It was named after the Roman god, Mars, otherwise known as the Greek god, Ares. It was named after these violent gods for the planet's blood-red appearance. The cause of its red color can be found in the surface materials; iron oxide is a constituent of the topsoil. Mars' surface is made up of basaltic rock and other materials such as iron oxide. Mars’ two moons, Deimos and Phobos, are named after the Greek sons of Ares. In Greek mythology, Deimos is the god of terror and Phobos the god of fear.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The highest point on the planet is the peak of the mountain Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is about 24 kilometers above the surrounding plains. To put that in perspective, the tallest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, is only 8.85 kilometers high. That means that Olympus Mons is about 2.71 times as tall as the tallest mountain on the planet Earth. It is classified as the tallest known geographic feature in our solar system. Olympus Mons stretches over 648.6 square kilometers of Mars' surface at 18.4 degrees North, 226 degrees East.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The climate of Mars is considerably colder than the moderate temperature on Earth, but can still fluxuate inside Earth's general temperature range. The two climates can be almost indistinguishable at certain times, however the climate often deviates to much colder temperatures. The temperature on Mars' can fall to a low of -125 degrees Farenheit. This planet's average temperature is still well below 0 degrees at an astonishing -53 degrees Fahrenheit. Mars' atmosphere is made up of approximately three components; albeit it is mostly carbon dioxide, but small traces of argon and nitrogen can be found. Carbon dioxide takes up 95.3% of the entire atmosphere. Nitrogen is only 2.7%, and argon is found even less at 1.6% of Mars' atmosphere. As you might have noticed, these percentages don't equal 100%; the other .4% is made up of materials that have not yet been determined.

Voyage: On our trip to Mars, we traveled approximately 78 million kilometers. When traveling at an average of 308,000 kilometers/hour, we reached our destination in about 10 days and 13 hrs. During the voyage, no major catastophes occured. We left on August 14th, 2082, about 16 days before Mars would be only 78,000,000 kilometers from Earth. We arrived at the red planet on August 24th, stayed for 6 days and left on the 30th. We finally reached our home planet, Earth, on September 9th, 2082.