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axial tilt 25.19 Mars is named for the ancient Roman god of war. The average distance from Mars to the sun is about 141,620,000 miles! mars has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos mars has a mass of 7.08 X 1020 tons mars has no rings mars density is about 3.933 grams per cubic centimeter a martian year is almost 2X as long as a earth year! 687 earth days! mars has A LOT of iron in its soil it was "discoverd" by the romans and the greeks Mars is coldest at high altitudes the lowest temperature **__recorded__** is below -200 degrees F regular day time temperatures are -20 to -40 degrees F one of mars' defining charateristics is that its orangish red mars has valleys and craters, one of its bigest is the size of the United States, occasionally mars also has big dust storms mars' diameter is 6780 km sun is 1 million X bigger than mars mars' period of rotation is 1.026 x of earth a martian day is 40 minutes longer then earths mars' atmosphere consists of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon and contains traces of oxygen and water mars' has mainly dust and huge rocks and boulders on the surface you can usually see mars during winter and early sping

Fun Facts:) 4.6 Billion years old !!! no one has been on mars...... yet......