Mars

Mars: the Red Planet

Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun.

It is 228 million kilometres from the Sun.

Mars is smaller than Earth but it has about the same land area as Earth because there are no oceans on Mars.

Mars has a core of iron in the middle, and a thick crust on the outside.

Time taken to orbit the Sun: 687 days.

Mars has 2 moons.

Spacecraft from Earth have landed on Mars.

What is it like on Mars?
The surface is a cold desert. There are volcanoes, mountains, valleys, and vast plains. The largest volcano in the solar system is on Mars. It is called Olymp. Spacecraft from Earth have landed on Mars.

kidcyber has located these useful websites about the planet Mars

StarChild: a learning centre for young astronauts. Go to http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ and search for Mars:

See views of Mars from Viking 2 space probe.http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/mars/mars.html

Lots of information about Mars, and information about some of the space explorations from Earth http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/mars/

http://www.marsnews.com/focus/mars/

A sundial on Mars! The Mars Exploration Rovers will put it there and send pictures to Earth. http://athena.cornell.edu/kids/sundial.html

Acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Thomas, Ron. & Sydenham, Shirley. Mars [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2009)

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