Nov 28, 2022
The planet is named after the Roman God of War. It is also known as the Red Planet due to its soil's colour.
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It is the fourth planet from the Sun and Earth's neighbour. Just like our home planet, Mars has seasons. It experience a spring, summer, fall, and winter. Thus, holds the potential to possibly host the humankind some day.
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Olympus Mons, the largest volcano on Mars is also the solar system's tallest mountain. This enormous mountain is roughly 16 miles (25 km) tall and 373 miles (600 km) in diameter.
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Scientists speculate that Phobos, Mars' largest and most enigmatic moon, will eventually be torn apart by gravitational forces. and form stable orbit around Mars.
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While Mars is about half the diameter of Earth, its surface has nearly the same area as Earth's dry land. Also, Martian surface gravity is only 37 per cent of the Earth's, meaning you could leap nearly three times higher on Mars.
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Bits of planets are blasted off over time as celestial objects like large asteroids hit them, these little pieces of rock have miraculously managed to make it to Earth.
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The findings published in the journal Nature Astronomy provide the first independent line of evidence, using data other than radar, that there is liquid water beneath Mars' south pole.
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