Mars

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Mars from a far view.  Image courtesy of nasa.gov
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Mars from a far view. Image courtesy of nasa.gov

Mars got the name after the God of War. Mars has two moons. On Mars it gets up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit and down to -207 degrees fahrenheit. There is no life ,but there is liquid water on Mars.If you weighed a person On Mars the gravity is 38lbs and if you weighed a person on Earth it would be 100lbs. The diameter of Mars is 141,700,000 miles from the Sun. The day on Mars rotation is 24 hours and 37 minutes. Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun. A year on Mars is 687 Earth days. Mars's orbit speed is 86,600 km per hour. The lowest temperature on Mars is -280 degrees Fahrenheit. Mars's atmosphere is made of carbon dioxide. Mars has seasons like Earth. In the summer winds rise up to 320km per hour. In the 1870's telescopes reveal channels on Mars. In the 1980's probes visit the Mars moon Phobos.In the 1970's Viking Spacecraft lands on Mars. website Mars google