Some Cool Facts About the Planet Mars, By David J R

Here are some facts about our neighboring planet i.e. Mars. I am sure you will enjoy reading these. So, here they are...

A day on Mars is just about 39 minutes longer than that of Earth. This means that it spends about 39 minutes more than Earth to revolve around itself. While a Martian year consists of 686.98 Earth days.

Normally the temperature on this planet remains between -140° C to 20° C

Do you have any idea about age of the red planet. Can you guess? In case you can't, it was formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

It is 6794.4 km in diameter.

The atmosphere of this planet is mostly made up of Carbon Dioxide, which according to an estimate is 95.32% of the total atmospheric composition. Nitrogen is the second largest content which makes the 2.7% of the atmosphere.

It is thought that the core of this planet is composed of iron, nickel, and sulfur.

It has seasons like Earth. This scenario is caused by the tilt of the planet's axis, at a similar angle to the tilt of Earth's axis.

A person who weighs 70 pounds on Earth would weigh 27 pounds on Mars.

The red planet was named after the Roman god of war.

It has polar caps like Earth, containing frozen different layers of carbon dioxide, small amount of water and dust.

The average temperature on the planet Mars is -55 C or -67 F.

Did you know that the third month March is named after Mars, which is not the planet Mars but the god.

Did you know that the red planet has the largest canyon in the solar system? It would reach from Los Angeles to Chicago if it was on Earth!

It is 227,900,000 km away from the Sun.

The mean density of the red planet is 3933kg/m3, while that of the Earth is 5515kg/m3. So, it's density is about 30% less than that of the Earth.

It has almost no atmosphere. The air pressure at the surface of Mars is only 1% of what we have here on Earth.

This planet can be seen from the Earth with a naked eye.

The average distance of Mars from the Sun is almost 228 million kilometers.

Scientists believe that 3.5 billion years ago, Mars experienced the largest known floods in the solar system.

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