Meet the Planets - Sylvan Dell Publishing

Mars god of war
1 H. G. WELLS English writer, reading a 1st edition copy (1897) copy of his novel, “War of
the Worlds”, with a Martian
2 DEIMOS moon of Mars
3 PHOBOS moon of Mars (has a big round crater, that’s why his mouth is like that)
4 WAR OF THE WORLDS MARTIAN variation, as described in H.G. Wells’ book
5 ALH84001,0: knocked off Mars by an asteroid impact and landed on Earth 13,000 years
ago and discovered in Antarctica in 1984.
6 PHOTO OF “THE FACE” taken by Viking 1 in 1976. Thought, by some, to be a stone
monument it just turned out to be a natural rock formation that cast unusual shadows.
7 MAP OF MARTIAN SOUTHERN POLE: an inside joke since ALH84001.0 was found at Earth’s
South Pole.
8 GIOVANNI SCHIAPARELLI: (1835-1910) Italian astronomer. Made a close study of Mars’
surface, noticed a series of dark lines that looked to form some sort of “network.” He called
them “canali” canals.
9 PERCIVAL LOWELL: (1855-1916) American astronomer. Made a beautiful series of
drawings of the Martian canals described by Schiparelli (NOTE: Several characters are
holding Lowell and Schiaparelli’s drawings).
10 OLYMPUS MONS: largest volcano in the solar system (shown on Stonehenge in relation
to Earth’s Mount Everest)
11 ARIES THE RAM: In Astrology, Mars is considered the Ruling Planet of Aries (symbolized
by the ram horns)
12 SYMBOL FOR IRON: the iron-rich soil of Mars
13 SYMBOL FOR MARS: the shield and sword
14 SOJOURNER: (1977) rover that collected samples from Martian surface.
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