Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton
  MARS  
Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It is also know as The Red Planet because of its reddish color. The Roman God of War is who Mars is named after. Mars has many mountains and craters on its surface.

FACTS ABOUT MARS

 Distance from the sun 141.7 million miles
 Diameter  4223 miles
 Average surface temperature  -81 degrees fahrenheit
 Length of a day  24 hours 37 minutes (Earth Time)
 Length of a year 1.8 years (Earth Time)
 Tilt of axis  25 degrees
 Number of natural satellites 2
 Rings none

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Activity

How to make a Mars model:

1. Use a 2/1-2 inch styrofoam ball.

2. Now wrap the ball in a single layer of masking tape. The tape will give you bumps just like Mars.

3. You can use a spoon, the flat end of a pen or anything else you can think of to make crators, valcanos, and canyons.

4. Now you can use markers to color the planet shades of red.

5.Then push an opened paper clip into your planet and hang it with a string.