Mars Exploration

Mariner 4 Viking July 15,1964 1976

Mars renaissance orbiter

will be launched this year

Surface and Atmosphere

• • Craters like mountains• So many Carbondioxide•

The Dust Storms

• • • Promethei Terra Argyre Planitia 30 dec 1999 21 Feb 2000

After the Dust Storm

See the big change

Earth vs Mars

• Comparisons with Earth

• Average distance from Sun: 1.52 x Earth

• Diameter: 0.532 x Earth• • Mass: 0.108 x Earth• • Density: 0.7 x Earth

March 3, 2005

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FOR LISTENING

Asya Samsa

Beril Merve Cengiz