Interesting Facts About Mars
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25 July 2024
Mars is the seventh largest planet in our Solar System and is located fourth from the Sun
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Our solar system's Red Planet is a chilly, desert planet. This dusty planet also has an extremely thin atmosphere
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Here are some interesting facts about Mars
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The planet is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system. It's the only planet where space agencies have dispatched rovers to understand the alien environment
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The Romans named Mars after their god of war because the reddish hue reminded them of blood. It was known to the Egyptians as "Her Desher," which means "the red one"
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It is about half the size of Earth and it takes sunlight 13 minutes to travel from the Sun to Mars, as per NASA
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The year on Mars is 687 days long, about twice as long as the year on Earth
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Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos. They are potato-shaped since they don't have the mass for gravity to make them spherical
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Olympus Mons, the biggest volcano in the solar system, is located on Mars
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