Notes

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Planet Data
Category
Earth
Your Planet
Diameter
12,756 km
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/15055/diameter-of-earth/
6,792 km
Source:http://www.universetoday.com/14721/diameter-of-mars/
Density
5.513 g/cm3.
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/26771/density-of-the-earth/
3.934 g/cm³
Source: http://planets.findthedata.com/q/4/1330/What-is-Mars-s-density
Distance from the Sun
149,600,000 km
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/F_Measuring_the_Distance_Student_Pages.html
227.9
Source: http://www.factmonster.com/science/astronomy/planet-mars.html
Rotation Period
about 24 hours or 23 hours and 56 minutes
Source: http://www.polaris.iastate.edu/NorthStar/Unit3/unit3_sub1.htm
24 hours and 39 minutes
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/14889/mars-rotation/
Revolution Period
365.242199 days
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/60655/earth-revolution/
687 days
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/marsprojectdjd/revolution-and-rotation
Number of Moons
1
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/F_Measuring_the_Distance_Student_Pages.html
2
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/F_Measuring_the_Distance_Student_Pages.html
Atmospheric gases
Nitrogen – 78 percent
Oxygen – 21 percent
Argon – 0.93 percent
Carbon dioxide – 0.038 percent
Source:
http://www.space.com/17683-earth-atmosphere.html
Carbon dioxide: 95.32 percent
Nitrogen: 2.7 percent
Argon: 1.6 percent
Oxygen: 0.13 percent
Carbon monoxide: 0.08 percent
Also, minor amounts of: water, nitrogen oxide, neon, hydrogen-deuterium-oxygen, krypton and xenon
Source: http://www.space.com/16903-mars-atmosphere-climate-weather.html
Wind
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60mph
Source: http://quest.nasa.gov/aero/planetary/mars.html
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BOOK
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BOOK
Last, First M. Book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Print.
WEBSITE
Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.