MARS

TEMPERATURE

FACTS ABOUT MARS

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
• Mars is one of the inner planets because it is located inside the asteroid belt.

MARS

MARS FACTS

• Mars can be seen with a telescope at night.
• Mars is made of mostly gas and rock.
• Mars does not have rings around it.
• Mars is smaller than the sun.
• Mars has clouds.

FACTS ABOUT MARS

• Mars has mountains higher than Mount Everest.
• Mars once had flowing water and there is possibly still water in cracks on Mars.
• Scientists have evidence that Mars once had living things.
• Mars is 4.6 billion years old.

FACTS ABOUT MARS

• Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system.
• Mars takes 1.88 Earth years to orbit the sun.
• Mars has a weaker gravity than Earth.

MOONS

SATELLITES

• Mariner 4 was launched in 1964.
• Mariner 6 and 7 were launched in 1971.
• Mariner 9 was launched in 1971.
• The Viking was launched in 1976.
• The Mars Observer was launched in 1992.
• The Mars Pathfinder was launched in 1996.
• The Mars Climate Orbiter was launched in 1998.
• The Mars Polar Lander was launched in 1999.
• The Mars Global Surveyor was launched in 1996.
• Phoenix was launched in 2007.