Jovian Planets Ranging between 4.95 and 30.4 AU away from the Sun are the Jovian planets. Jovian means of or relating to either the planet or the mythological god‚ Jupiter. The Jovian planets‚ also referred to as gas giants‚ are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune. These planets all fit the category of being a Jovian planet due to the mutual inclusiveness of a thick atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. These planets are not solid‚ they only become denser further towards the core
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. Because Saturn is bigger than Earth‚ you would weigh more on Saturn. If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth you would weigh 112 on Saturn. The Romans gave the planet Saturn its name after their god of agriculture. Saturn is 74‚899 miles wide (120‚535 kilometers wide). It takes Saturn ten hours and forty minutes to complete one single rotation‚ isn ’t that cool! One day on Saturn is only ten hours long‚ ours is twenty-four hours long. Thirty years
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Terrestrial and Jovian Planets Our solar system contains nine planets‚ which are broken down into 2 classifications known as terrestrial planets and jovian planets. The terrestrial planets are composed primarily of rock and metal. They also generally have high densities‚ slow rotation‚ solid surfaces‚ no rings‚ and few satellites. These planets include Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ and Mars. On the other hand‚ the jovian planets are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. They generally have
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civilization and technology‚ came because we explored.” Humans should not colonize Mars. If humans colonized Mars‚ humans would barely be able to survive. Mars lacks two very crucial products to survive‚ food and oxygen. Humans of the future would not benefit with colonizing Mars because humans who go to Mars‚ will have a risky voyage‚ there is not oxygen‚ and it will cost a lot of money to arrive on Mars. The voyage to Mars is very risky‚ who knows what could happen. This mission could be like the Challenger
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Mars has the second highest known mountain within the Solar System (the tallest on a planet) - the mighty Olympus Mons. People have always wanted the opportunity to go to Mars‚ they have always thought that is impossible‚ but‚ NASA has come up with some of the best newest technologies to get to Mars as safetly as possible. NASA created the Orion and the space launch system also known as the SLS. Someday the human population will become to large for the Earth to be able support. Mars is an amazing
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Mars Orbiter Mission The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)‚ informally called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft")‚ is a Mars orbiter that was successfully launched into Earth orbit on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).The mission is a "technology demonstrator" project aiming to develop the technologies required for design‚ planning‚ management and operations of an interplanetary mission. The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from the First Launch Pad at Sriharikota near Chennai
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NASA to colonize Mars. Imagine it‚ looking down at your own two feet standing in red dirt‚ mars dirt. You all of a sudden know that you have done something so new‚ so astonishing and you’re in utter shock of how accomplished you feel for America. By embarking on this big decision as a country we will be ensuring the survival of our species and growing stronger than ever. We are explorers therefore let us venture out to the red planet in means of strengthening our country. On Mars we can secure a safe
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Mars 3 was the first Unmanned space probe to land Mars after its twin Mars 2 crashed while landing on the surface of Mars. There is a picture located below to show the space probe. Mars 3 was the first one probe to softly land on the surface of Mars. The probe was launched on May 28‚ 1971 after 9 days that Mars 2 was launched‚ by the USSR also known as the Soviet Union the probe were launched by Proton-K rockets with Block Dupper stages. The 10‚250-pound Mars 3 spacecraft was comprised of an orbiter
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do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid." There are many people who would love to go to Mars. However‚ going to Mars may not be the best idea. NASA should not send a manned mission to Mars. There will be many astronauts who die on the trip to Mars. Also‚ the cost for the trip is very high. NASA should not send a manned mission to Mars because there is a chance that many of the astronauts will die. Mary Bowerman on the usatoday.com website said "An MIT analysis of the Mars one claim that humans
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It is not worth the expense and risk to make a manned flight to Mars A human mission to visit and land on the planet Mars has long been an attractive subject and a debatable issue. In terms of expense‚ risk‚ worth‚ and morality‚ proponents and opponents of whether it is necessary to send manned missions to Mars never come to a compromise. Even though proponents has brought up many excuses seemed reasonable to support the Mars mission‚ here are more important reasons concerned about human’s
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