Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, orbiting at a distance of 228 million km (142 million miles) or 1.5 AU. It is known as the “Red Planet” because it has a reddish surface due to oxidization of iron oxide in the rocks, regolith and dust. It has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos….
Mars is a planet with a thin atmosphere, made up of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. It also has a large polar ice cap. If the ice caps were to melt, they could cover most of Mars’s surface. This would give it an appearance similar to Earth, but much smaller. It is a rocky planet Mars,…
Mars is a mysterious planet that has captured our imagination for thousands of years. It is one of the few other planets in the solar system that might be habitable for humans. While the surface of Mars looks quite different from that of Earth, it is in fact similar to our planet in many ways….
