Mars

= = = MARS = = = The planet Mars has a very thin atmosphere, it only has about 0.15% oxygen. Not a very good living condition! Here is a picture showing its atmospheric layout.

The surface of Mars is made of a thin soil cover, but is littered with rocks. The surface is red and barren except for the rocks

The planet Mars has a revolution time of about 686.95 days to go around the Sun. Thats about double what it takes the Earth to travel around the sun. Thats about 1.88 years. The rotation on its axis is about 21hrs.



Mars has two moons or also known as minor satellites they are **Phobos and Deimos.

Phobos Deimos

Mars's minimum distance from the sun is about 205 million km. The maximum distance from the sun is about 249 million km from the sun. Its the 3rd planet from the sun.

Mars was named after the Roman God of War. This would be Ares. The Romans decided to name it after Ares, because it reminded them of blood because of its color.

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The symbol of Mars is often seen as the male sign, because its named after Ares the God of War.



=15 Fun Facts about Mars!!!=
 * Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
 * Mars is the seventh largiest planet
 * Mars is sometimes reffered to as the red planet
 * First planet to visit mars was the Mariner 4 in 1965
 * The diameter of mars is 4222 miles
 * The average temperature of mars is 218 degrees K (-55 C, -67 F)
 * Though mars is much smaller than earth, its surface area is about the same as the land area on earth
 * The mass of mars is 6.4219e23 Kg
 * Mars has the largiest canyon in the solar system
 * Martian Day (sol) 24hrs. 37min. 22 sec.
 * Martian Year 686.98 Earth days
 * Mars has the largiest mountain in the solar system (Olympus moons)
 * Mars's moons orbit the opposite way than most other moons
 * The atmosphere in mars is unbreathable
 * Surface temperature generally cold

its ok. could have used more color =D -b.t

you forgot a couple of the pictures and the planet symbol trh (^u^)