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Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and the seventh largest. Mars is named after the Roman mythology God Mars, which is the God of war, agriculture, and the state. Mars is also called the Red Planet because its rocks, soil, and sky have a red or pink color. ... Mars, at times is the third brightest object in the night sky. ... Before space exploration, Mars was thought to be the best place for harboring extraterrestrial life. Astronomers where able to see lines on Mars which were thought to be canals. ... In 1965 Mariner 4 transmitted the first close up pictures of Mars. ... In 1976 two spacecraft, Viking 1 and 2, landed on Mars. ...
The Atmosphere of Mars is made of carbon dioxide (95. ... There is evidence that Mars had a denser atmosphere at one time, which might mean it had water flowing on the surface. Mars looks as if it had flood erosion. ... The average temperature on Mars is –63 degrees Celsius, with the highest temperature at 20 degrees Celsius and the lowest at –140 degrees Celsius.
The surface area of Mars is about the same as Earth’s land surface. ... Mars also has the largest canyon in the Solar System. ... There is a huge impact crater in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars. ... The Southern Hemisphere of Mars is an ancient cratered highland somewhat similar to the Moon. ...
Mars has another odd feature on the its land surface. ... On July 25, 1976, the Viking Orbiter I took images in the northern part of Mars to find a suitable landing sites for Viking II. ... Some of these theories have supposed that the formation was built by an intelligent civilization on Mars, perhaps as a monument to a Martian deity.
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