Planet Mars
The 4th planet from the sun in our solar system. It is commonly called the "Red Planet".
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The temperature is typically about -63 oC (-81 oF). However, the equatorial regions of Mars may occasionally reach temperatures...
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The same reason as all the other barren planets. No water, temperature not right, ect.
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They would weigh 25 pounds. Or, to be exact, 24.9 pounds.
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All of them with the exception of Venus and Uranus
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Yes! although there are minor chances of life on Mars but still hope is there. according to scientists and pictures sent back by...
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Betelgeuse is 640 light-years away from the Earth. 1 light-year is the distance traveled by light in 1 year. speed of light = 3...
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It is 1/100th as strong as ours, but does deflect the solar wind to some degree
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Because Mars and Europa are considered two of the most likely places to find liquid water. Mars is thought to have tiny amounts...
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Given the following approximate radii for Earth and mars orbits: Earth = 149,598,261 km Mars = 227,939,150 km The shortest...
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At one point, the weather on Mars was similar to ours on Earth. Now, the weather is dry, hot, desolate, and very extreme. It's...
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1. Mars is considerably farther from the Sun than Earth and therefore receives less sunlight to warm it.2. It's atmosphere is...
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Roughly three times the amount on earth
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because yo wouldn't be able to breathe
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Mars has many craters because it's been hit by many asteroids and space debris. By the way, if we could remove all trees and...
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prograde rotation! The only retrograde rotations are Venus and Uranus.^^
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It is mostly Carbon Dioxide (95.3%). But there is also Nitrogen (2.7%), Argon (1.6%), Oxygen (0.13%), Carbon monoxide (0.07%),...
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because mars and jupiter's pulls are almost the same making comet's go in between them
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No animals have been landed on Mars yet. No humans have been on Mars either. As far as animals living on Mars, there is no...
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I know you're somewhere out there Somewhere far away I want you back I want you back My neighbors think I'm crazy But they...
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No person has ever been to Mars. No spacecraft has ever surveyed Mars and returned to earth. No spacecraft has ever landed on...
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Rover dimensions: 1.5 meter (4.9 feet) high by 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) wide by 1.6 meter (5.2 feet) long
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Mars has an elliptical orbit, so it is sometimes closer to the Sun, and it is sometimes farther away from the sun.The 'mean...
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Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are thought to be captured asteroids due to their size and irregular shape.
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The distance between the two changes on a minute-to-minute basis since both are constantly moving. However, the average distance...
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Mars' surface has a large proprtion of iron oxide, more commonly known as rust. This compound's properties result in it emitting...
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Saturn's rotational period is the Saturnian "day." As Saturn is a gas giant, the visible features on Saturn rotate at different...
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40.5 million kilometers, or 25 million miles.
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Mars's gravity is 38% of Earth's.
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Mars takes 688 earth-days to complete one orbital revolution around the sun.You could say that 688 earth-days is the length of...
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The gravitational force exerted at the surface (and above the surface) of Mars is weaker than that here on Earth. The reason:...
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If a person's weight depends on where he is, then what exactly is a "90-pound person" ? A person who weighs 90 pounds on the...
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It depends. During Mercury's day- time, its temperature can be up to about 200 degrees Celsius. For Mars, both day and night-...
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227.7 times 10 to the 6th power
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Mars is roughly 1.5 times as far away from the Sun as the Earth is. The amount of light reaching an object declines as the square...
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The Equatorial diameter of Mars: 6,792km or 4,220 miles. The Polar diameter of Mars: 6,752km or 4,196 miles. The equatorial...
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A planet's magnetosphere is its main defense from the harsh solar winds coming from our sun and it is generated from the spinning...
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As both Mars and Earth orbit the Sun (at different speeds) and both have slightly elliptical orbits this is not an easy question...
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Because Jupiter's gravity is a lot stronger than Mars' gravity.
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Mars has always been visible in the night sky but the first recorded naming of the planet was by the Babylonians in about 1600BC.
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because they can have glitches and many other things.
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Venus
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A day is defined as the time it takes the planet to do one complete turn on its axis. A day on Mars is 1.025957 days or 24.622...
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Two ways are:1-Mars is very, very dry, yet 97% of Earth is water,which is wet2-Mars doesn't have ENOUGH water for life, but Earth...
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He is a rapper that is fairly prominent on Youtube. He tries to change songs into showing a more positive side with his lyrics....
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Mars revolves at about 24 m/s whereas it rotates at about 241 m/s So Mars rotates faster that it revolves.
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Yes,not nasa but the mars association has made suits called bio suits which are very much different from those used in the Apollo...
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Unmanned probes from Earth can take from 7 months to two years to reach Mars, depending on when they are launched and how fast...
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For better traction.
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Human colonization Either planet could theoretically support human scientific colonies, Mars much more so than Venus. However,...
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If the two polar ice caps on Mars' surface were to be melted, it would release enough water to cover the entire planet with...
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Its diameter is only about half as great as Earth, so its surface...
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low atmospheric pressure. 600 pascals (0.087 psi), compared to Earth's 101.3 kilopascals (14.69 psi) low temperatures around -63'...
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Though much accurate data's are yet to be calculated, the temperature of martian south pole on summer is estimated to be -5C, if...
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it actually isn't venus is
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A Martian year is equal to 1.8809 Earth years (686.971 days), or 1 year, 320 days, and 18.2 hours 12 seconds
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There is extensive evidence of past volcanic activity on Mars in the form of extinct volcanoes, the most famous of which is...
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Mars Polar Cap The southern polar cap is larger and colder. It is composed of carbon dioxide (dry ice) while the northern is...
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Mars is the "Red Planet".Mars is the red planet because it looks red with various oxides of iron (hematite mostly) in very, very...
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34.65 million miles. the closest it has ever been
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Jupiter is the largest planet. It is so large that all the other planets could fit inside it with space leftover. Jupiter is the...
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mars is named after the roman God of war, Mars
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Mercury. When the Sun is at it's peak, surface temperatures can reach 700 F. (370 C.).
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Phobos and Deimos. Phobos means fear. Deimos means panic.If they're on Mars I have to say Hellas and Argyre. [/nerd joke] If it's...
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No, it does not. For a planet to have liquid water, it must be the perfect distance from the sun, not so close that it boils...
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As for the existence of intelligent life on Mars now or in the past, there has never been any evidence that could support that...
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The fifth planet from the sun is Jupiter.
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It would need what any animal needs to survive: Food, Water, and Air. They breath the air so that's no problem. There's ice on...
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Period of Saturn's Rotation (its day) The latest available data suggests that the equatorial rotation period of Saturn is...
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asteroid belt
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Mars does have an atmosphere, though it's quite different than ours on Earth. It's composed mostly of carbon dioxide with only...
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Every planet has its own atmospheric gases. The atmosphere around Mars is very different from our own here on Earth. Many...
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We will never know who first discovered Mars. The Egyptians from 1570 B.C. called Mars by the god name of "Horus of the Horizon"...
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Its a rock planet, unlike Jupiter or Saturn, which are gas giants.
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The equatorial gravity on Mars is 3.69 m/s2 or 0.376g (37% that of Earth). If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth you would weigh 37.7...
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It takes 1.02595675 earth days (24hours and 37mins) to spin once on its axis, similar to our own day length.
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Without a telescope you probably couldn't see earth's moon from Mars.
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The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons, which is located on Mars. The volcano Olympus Mons is nearly 75,000...
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