CONTENTS MEET MARS THE RED PLANET 4 HOW BIG IS MARS 6 INSIDE OF MARS 8 THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET 10 THE MOONS OF MARS 12 A LARGE ORBIT 14 MARS SPIN 16 ANCIENT OBSERVATION 18 THE MARINER MISSIONS 20 FIRST VISITS 22 ROVING AROUND 24 PHOENIX CURIOSITY AND MAVEN 26 INTO THE FUTURE 28 GLOSSARY 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 INDEX 32
4 MEET MARS THE RED PLANET Mars is one of the planets that orbit or travel around the sun in the solar system It is the fourth planet from the sun It is also Earth’s outer neighbor Mars is close enough that we can see it from Earth without using a telescope Mars is called the red planet because its surface is red Sometimes it even looks like a red star in the night sky from Earth In this photograph of Mars the white areas are clouds surrounding volcanoes
Mars
This curriculum-based, fun, and approachable book offers everything young readers need to know to begin their study of the Red Planet.
