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Mars

Mars. Katie Derrig Lauren Marquez Nick Morelli Bernie Jacuinde. THE BIG RED PLANET. 2. 3. HISTORY AND DISCOVERY. 1609 - Galileo Makes First Telescopic Observation of Mars

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Mars

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  1. Mars • Katie Derrig • Lauren Marquez • Nick Morelli • Bernie Jacuinde

  2. THE BIG RED PLANET 2

  3. 3 HISTORY AND DISCOVERY • 1609 - Galileo Makes First Telescopic Observation of Mars • Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), a professor at the University of Padua in Venice, Italy, uses the telescope, invented in 1608, to observe Mars, a first. • 1666 - Gian Cassini Observes Polar Cap on Mars • Gian Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), a French astronomer, observes that Mars has a polar cap.

  4. 4 FACTS AND FIGURES 1 mars’ year = to 687 Earth’s days or 669 sols’ days ( martian days) 4th planet from the sun

  5. 5 Facts (cont.) No water possible to exist, but there has been proof of liquid volume on Mars. (channels) 6787 km equatorial diameter

  6. MOONS 6 The moons are called Deimos and Phobos, discovered by Asaph Hall.

  7. 7 Deimos • Mars’ Moons • Phobos Diameter (km): 22.2 Mass (kg): (27 x 21.6 x 18.8) = 10964.16 • Deimos Diameter (km): 12.6 Mass (kg): (10 x 12 x 16) = 1920 Phobos

  8. 8 In 1877 Asaph Hall discovered the moons of Mars. Asaph Hall used a telescope from the united states navel observatory.

  9. REFERENCES 9 http://www.astrodigital.org/mars/timeline1.html http://cmex.ihmc.us/sitecat/sitecat2/mars.htm#exo http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mars&view=detail&id=44061BC25672C2305349BD2808D28D3327B8BBDE&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.spacestationinfo.com/mars-moons.htm

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