NASA scientists celebrated the successful landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander on May 31, 2008! Get the 411 on our mysterious neighbor!
What's in a Name? 2o2o3h
Mars is the fourth planet from the Egyptians called it Her Descher which means The Red One.
All About Mars 46c5j
People once thought that Mars was just like Earth but when horses that drew the War God's chariot. Deimos rises and sets twice a day. The two moons might actually be asteroids pulled in by Mars' gravity.
Mars has a New York to San Francisco.
Is There Life On the Red Planet? 5w643q
Despite the fact that the word "Martian" comes from Mars, there is no life on Mars as far as we know. Scientists think that Mars once had water on it because of its physical geography (which has things that resemble riverbeds and canals). The Phoenix Mars Lander will hopefully end this mystery when it drills into the Red Planet to look for frozen water that may be below the surface.
Mars is a firey red color
Fun Facts fw6z
- Author Jonathan Swift gave reasonably accurate descriptions of Mar's two moons orbits in his book Gulliver's Travels. He did this about 150 years before either moon was discovered.
- The average temperature on Mars is -63 C (-81 F). It can get as cold as -143 C (-220 F) and as hot as 20 C (68 F).
- A day on Mars is 24 hours and 39 minutes which is very close to on Earth day.
- A year on Mars is 685 Earth days.
- The atmosphere of Mars is made of of mostly carbon dioxide.
