Mission to Mars
By: Ava Dunleavy, Molly Shields, Brandon Lynch and Carter
Summary of this Mission to Mars project
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Mars can not have tides
They can't because they don't have an ocean. There is water on Mars but it is frozen under the north and the south ice caps. They do have a sun, moon and a force. So they could have tides but since the water is frozen they can't.
Can Mars have a day and night?
Yes, they have a sun as a light source, they have a planet, and rotation/axis, and that's all you need. Mars and Earth have different days and nights because it takes mars a longer time to spin on the axis only by 39 minutes and 35 seconds. The full day on Mars in 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds. The picture is a time lapse of day to night.
Mars has years , just like earth
Yes, mars has years. It takes mars a little more time to revolve 687 earth days in a year for mars. The difference between Earth and Mars years is 322 days.
About us
Email: mbroggi@rsd13.org
Website: www.strong.rsd13.org
Location: Strong School, Main Street, Durham, CT, United States
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Mars has phases of the moon
This is because you need a sun and a moon to revolve around the planet and Mars revolves around the sun once every 1.88 earth years or 686.93 earth days. You will not see phases on Mars because in my research it says that mars is the 4th closest to earth but from Mars shadow of sunlight, but Mars is close enough to Earth that Earth's shadow can cause some phasing.
Seasons
Eclipses
Mars can have eclipses because they have a planet, sun, moon and a revolve in the same plane at a full moon phases. The moons of mars are really small so they can't have full eclipses but they can have partial ones.
Picture citations:
Mars moons: http://space-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/mars-moons.png
Seasons for earth: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml
My school: http://www.rsd13ct.org/pictures/Building%20and%20Grounds/strong%20school%201.jpg
Ocean tides: http://paulbates.com/galleries/beach-pictures-photos/ocean-foam-tide-beach-sand-pictures-photos_med.jpg
Time lapse from day to night: https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/520879848.jpg?mw=1920&mh=1080&q=70