Fascinating Facts About Mars

Mars is one of the planets we can sometimes see from Earth with our naked eye.

Here are the top interesting facts about the planet Mars.

Out of all the planets in our Solar System, Mars is the one that people believe is most likely to have life of some sort.

The Martian day is 24 hours and 37 minutes.

Mars has polar caps like Earth, containing frozen carbon dioxide and a small amount of water too.

It is believed that Mars once had water flowing around it like Earth once. It is possible that it could have had a blue sky too.

Mars has seasons like Earth. This is caused by the tilt of the planet’s axis, at a similar angle to the tilt of Earth’s axis.

The tilt of Mars’ axis is 25.19°.

Te Sun appears about half the size on Mars as it does from Earth.

Rocks from Mars have landed on Earth from meteorite impacts blasting debris through space..0

The planet Mars was named after the Roman God of War because its color resembles blood.

In Greek, Mars was known as Ares.