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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......
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......