Interesting Facts about Mars
15. Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass.
14. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
13. Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is often called the ‘Red Planet’ due to the iron oxide prevalent on its surface, which gives it a reddish look.
12. Due to Mars’ red color, people in ancient times associated it with blood and war.
11. If you weighed 70 pounds (32 kg) on the Earth, you would weigh about 27 pounds (12 kg) on Mars.
10. Only 16 missions to Mars have been successful.
9. Mars experiences violent dust storms which continually change its surface.
8. The tallest mountain in the Solar System is the mighty Olympus Mons on Mars.
7. Snow in Mars can vaporize before it reaches the ground.
6. The month of March is named after Mars.
5. Mars is not much farther from the Sun than Earth. As a result, a typical year on Mars is 1 year and 320 days.
4. Mars has polar caps like Earth, although Mars' polar caps contain mostly frozen carbon dioxide instead of frozen water.
3. Mars is the seventh largest planet.
2. The first telescopic observation of Mars was done by Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in 1610.
1. Mars’ moons were named after the twin brothers of fear and terror in Greek mythology.
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