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It is a terrestrial planet which means that it has a hard rocky surface that you could walk on

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Its reddish color comes from the high amounts of iron oxide on its surface.

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Mars has very weak gravity which cannot hold onto the atmosphere well.

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is the largest canyon in the solar system, stretching 4,000 kilometers across the planet’s surface.

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on Mars is the largest mountain in the solar system at more than 25 kilometers high .

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A Martian day is 24 hours and 39 minutes long, less than an hour longer than a day on Earth.

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Mars is not much farther from the Sun than Earth. As a result, a typical year on Mars is 1 year and 687 days.

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the average high during a Martian summer day is 23 degrees F (-5 degrees C) –

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. These seasons are much longer than Earth seasons because Mars is so much farther from the sun.

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While a year on Mars might be almost twice as long as a year on Earth, the length of a day there is almost identical.

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Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is also often described as the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance

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Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is also often described as the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance

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In a lot of ways, Mars looks a lot like our home, though instead of blue oceans and green land, Mars is home to an ever present red tint.

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Mars has a very thin atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide. It is not thick enough to trap the sun's heat like Venus, so the planet is very cold.

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 Mars has huge volcanoes and craters. The temperature is very cold, but it might have been warmer a few million years ago.

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 Mars has huge volcanoes and craters. The temperature is very cold, but it might have been warmer a few million years ago.

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Giant canyons and crevices mark the surface and scientists believe Mars once had lots of water. Today, though, only a little ice can be found.

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For many years, scientists wondered if life could exist on Mars, sometimes called the Red Planet.

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Mars is the second smallest planet inthe solar system and the last of the terrestrial planets.

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Polar Ice Caps – Mars has both North and South polar ice caps, much like Earth.

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The Red Planet, as Mars is often called, is the fourth planet from the sun (Earth is the third). ...