MARS
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar system, being larger than only Mecury.
Mars is approximately half the diameter of Earth, with a surface area only slightly less than the total area of Earth's dry land. Mars is very cold. The avarage temparature on Mars is minus 80 degrees Fshrenheit-way below freezing. Its surface it rocky, with canyones, volcanos, dry lake beds and craters al over it. Red dust covers most of the surface. Mars has clouds and wind just like Earth.
Mars Facts
- Diameter: 6779km
- Mass: 6,39 x 10^23kg
- Orbit Distance: 228 million km
- Orbit period: 687 days
- Surface Temparature: -153° 243°
- First Record: 16th Century
- Recorded By: Galileo Galilei