Physics Of Mars: The Red Planet Earth

Mars has a very rough surface, like mountains, large rocks, and canyons. You may think that since Mars’ soil is bright red, that the temperature would be boiling hot.

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, and approximately 142 million miles away. Mars is a sixth of the size of Earth, and has one third of the gravity. So anything on the planet seems much lighter. Mars also has a much thinner atmosphere. The planet being considered the “Red Planet”, gets the color from the massive amounts of iron in the soil. Mars is mainly contained of carbon and oxygen. Mars’ name comes from a Roman god, Ares, and has 2 moons named after his sons. The surface of Mars is rocky, has canyons, volcanoes, dry lake beds, and many craters. Mars gets tornadoes and

This is because Mars has a much smaller mass than Earth. Mars’ surface gravity is about 62% less than Earth’s. For example, if you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, on Mars you would weigh about 38 pounds. The difference in the gravity revolves around the mass, density, and radius. Although Mars has almost the same surface area as Earth, Mars has less density and half of the diameter. Measuring to about 15% of the Earth’s volume and 11% of the mass. Which is determined with the Newton theory. It shows the gravitational force given out by its mass. When it is applied to a sphere, with a certain mass, it equals to the radius. By using this theory, it shows the affect on the creatures that are sent to Mars. By knowing the surface gravity on Mars, it can become the main aspect to planned missions.

Mars has roughly the same day length, about 24 hours 37 minutes. But a full year on Mars is 687 days, unlike Earth with 365 days. Mars once had a circular orbit, but now the orbit is the second most eccentric in the Solar System. And like all other planets in the Solar System, Mars is tilted on an axis. Since Earth and Mars are tilted on the same degrees, the share the same seasons, but longer since Mars has longer