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1/3/2011
Inner / Terrestrial Planets
Chapter 29
Section 2
Mercury
Mercury
Distance from Sun
0.4 AU
Diameter
40% Earth diameter
Mass/Density
5% Earth / 5.4 g/cc
Orbital Period
88 Earth days
Rotation Period
59 Earth days
Atmosphere (major
None
gasses)
Temperatures
Day 430oC
Night -170oC
Satellites
None
Venus
Venus
Distance from Sun
Diameter
Mass/Density
Orbital Period
Rotation Period
Atmosphere
(major gasses)
Temperature
Satellites
.7 AU
90% Earth diameter
80% Earth / 5.2 g/cc
224.7 Earth days
-243 Earth days
CO2 96%
Pressure 100x Earth
Rain H2SO4
450oC
None
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Earth
Distance from Sun
Diameter
Mass/Density
Orbital Period
Rotation Period
Atmosphere
(major gasses)
Temperature
Satellites
Mars
Mars
Distance from Sun
Diameter
Mass/Density
Orbital Period
Rotation Period
Atmosphere
(major gasses)
Temperature
Satellites
Topography
1 AU (1.5X108 km)
12,756 km
1 / 5.5 g/cc
365.24 days
23 hrs 56 min
N2
O2
Ar
Average 14oC
1 The Moon
1.52 AU
50% Earth diameter
10% Earth/ 3.9g/cc
687 Earth days
24hrs 37 min
CO2 95%
N2 3%
Ar 2%
Summer 20oC
Winter -130oC
2 Phobos, Deimos
Impact Craters
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Volcanoes
Rocky Surface
Cyclones
Lava Flows
Atmospheres
Sand Dunes
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Landslides
Sedimentary
Rock
Polar Ice Caps
Water Erosion
South Pole
Moons
Phobos Mars’ largest moon
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