Mars - The Red Planet

Mars is the fourth planet away from the Sun in our Solar system (orbiting the Sun at a distance of approximately 283 million km). Most people are able to recognise Mars because of it's distinct blood red colour which led to the planet being named after the Roman god of war.

Mars has a small core of Iron, a surface thought to be made of a mixture of rock and ice and a thin atmosphere mostly consisting of Carbon Dioxide. This means that the temperature on the surface of Mars averages out at approximately -55 degrees celsius.

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Life on Mars

• Evidence for Life on Mars
• Martian Meteorites
• Canals on the Surface of Mars

General Information on Mars

• Information Table

The Moons of Mars

• Phobos
• Deimos

Probes to Mars

• Table of Probes