. Mars 1. The Egyptians gave Mars its first recorded name: Har dècher (“The red one”). The Babylonians called it Nergal (“Star of death”). The Greeks and Romans named the planet after their respective gods of war‚ Ares and Mars. The Hebrews called it Ma’adim‚ or “One who blushes.” Many ancient people believed the reddish color came from actual blood on the planet.f 2. The month of March is named after Mars.a 3. The symbol for Mars looks like a shield and a spear from the war god Mars/Ares
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that is known to man is our solar system. It is made up of nine planets. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets‚ which are also in our solar system‚ but they are unimportant compared to the nine major planets. Mercury‚ which is the planet that is closest to the sun‚ is the first and smallest of the inner planets. It is speculated that the heat from the sun made it impossible
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Humans will get to Mars by 2031; this could be your future children‚ or grandchildren. The first astronauts are already being selected and trained for their missions. The settlement of Mars has given us the opportunity to create a diverse and equitable community. To be able to accomplish this‚ an unbiased‚ racially and sexually equitable‚ a non discriminatory selection process must be created. In The Outer Space Treaty‚ Article I states: “Outer space‚ including the moon and other celestial bodies
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Mars Orbiter Mission Mars Orbiter Mission Artist’s rendering of the MOM orbiting Mars Mission type Mars orbiter Operator ISRO COSPAR ID 2013-060A SATCAT № 39370 Website www.isro.org/mars/home.aspx Mission duration 300 days Spacecraft properties Bus I-1K[1] Manufacturer ISAC Launch mass 1‚337 kg (2‚948 lb)[2] Dry mass 500 kg (1‚100 lb)[3] Payload mass 15 kg (33 lb)[4] Dimensions 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) cube Power 840 watts[1] Start of mission Launch date 5 November 2013‚ 09:08 UTC[5]
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A Potentially Habitable Planet? A team of astronomers led by Steven Vogt of the University of California‚ and Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington have found a rocky earth-sized planet that might be habitable (Haghighipour‚ Nader 2010). The new exoplanet called Gliese 581g orbits the red dwarf star Gliese 581 in the constellation Libra and it is the sixth planet that the astronomers have found around its star. Gliese 581g is about 20 light years away‚ which is roughly 117.5 trillion
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The solar system consists of the Sun and 9 planets revolving around it in different orbits. The statistics of the sun and the planets are given below : SUN Age : About 5 Billion years Distance : 149.8 Million Kms Diameter : 1‚38‚400 Kms. Photosphere temperature : 5‚770 K Core temperature : 150‚000‚000 K Absolute visual magnitude : 4.75 Rotation (as seen from the earth at the equator) : 25.38 days Rotation (near the poles) : 33 days The sun consists of 71% of Hydrogen‚ 26.5% Helium and
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survival is not to remain on Earth but to spread into space." Mars has been called the red planet‚ and it is the fourth planet away from the sun. Also‚ Mars has been called Earth’s sister because the relative similarities between them. Earth’s human population is growing day after day‚ and the cities are expanding very fast. Also‚ more sources are being consumed by humans‚ so it is really necessary for humans to attempt to colonize Mars. One reason is that when our sun bloats up into a red giant
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There are nine planets in the Solar system if you include Pluto and most of them contain many different things then each other. They are all unique in various ways. Although it does not apply to Pluto‚ the planets are split up into two sides; Jovian and Terrestrial. Pluto isn’t Jovian or Terrestrial. It’s density is too small for it to be considered a Terrestrial planet‚ but it also is made out of rock and ice (Kaitlin). To be a Jovian planet it would have to be made of of gas‚ so it was classified
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Is there life on other planet? The life in the Earth was created long before‚ even before the existence of human being. For many years‚ scientists have been researching if there is any life on other planets‚ or the Earth is only the planet that consist life. There is no sufficient evidence to prove that life on other planet exists‚ however‚ scientists have found some evidence of life on other planets like water on moon‚ old fossil‚ evideince of having some mocroscopic organism. Evolutionists have
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Mercury the closest planet to the Sun: Mercury‚ and the other inner planets‚ condense from the heavier elementes. Condensing closest of all to the sun‚ Mercury is rock solid. Outwardly‚ Mercury is like our Moon: rocky‚ cratered‚ barren. But inside‚ like Earth‚ is an iron-rich core. That core is as big as the Moon and‚ at 70% iron‚ Mercury is the densest planet of all. Also Mercury’s day is twice as long as its year. The day lasts 176 Earth days‚ the year just 88. But it gets stranger... If you
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