What are some interesting facts about the planet Mars.?
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Mars is the name of a Greek god, the god of war. Mars has been named after war gods in almost all society's that observed it. \n\nLook up Robert Zubrin, he is an amazing scientist! His book "The Case for Mars" covers his great method for making fuel out of the martian atmosphere. It also contains loads of info on past space missions. Yahoo him or the Mars Society and get some info!
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10? Good lord. People who ask for a huge number of obscure facts are so greedy. \n\nYou know you do have search engines on the internet? Ever hear of them?\n\nI will give you a couple.\n\nThe Olympus Mons volcano on Mars is the tallest in the solar system (as tall as everest) and is as big as the entire Hawaiin island chain.\n\nThere are signs of water erosion on the surface. \n\nThe large rock "face" that was previously observed is just weathered rocks when seen from another angle.
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Below is just a sample of much information regarding the planets on the site listing below.\n\nTypical planet temperatures- not record breaking temps\n\nPluto - 230 \nUranus -223 \nNeptune – 220 \nMercury – 200\nSaturn – 160 \nJupiter – 145 \nMars – 140\nEarth – 89 \nVenus 464 \nSun 5500
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet. The rocks, soil and sky have a red or pink hue. The distinct red color was observed by stargazers throughout history. It was given its name by the Romans in honor of their god of war, since the red color reminded them of blood. The ancient Egyptians called it Her Descher meaning "the red one".\n\nYou can download a pretty cool small movie that flys over Valles Maranaris (the largest known canyon anywhere!) at the second link, below.
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scientists believe there may be life on Mars because Mars have water in its atmosphere. It may only be a small amount, but could provide life to certain living organisms that need very little water
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Dave_Stark\n23 seconds ago\n\n\n \n The average distance from Mars to the Sun is 1.52369 astronomical units. One astronomical unit (AU, the average distance from the Sun to the Earth) is 1.49597870E11 meters.\n\nConverting those numbers, then, means that Mars is:\n\n1.52369 * 1.4959787E11 meters = 2.27941E11 meters, or, converting into English units:\n\n141,635,833 miles (on average -- remember that the orbits of the planets around the sun are not circular, but elliptical)
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Mars has some of the correct properties for having had organic life from the Viking landing. No findings of old organic compounds. I think one mission just landed in an old crater that may have been one of the last places to have water so maybe the best chance to find something. Also, Europa is covered with ice and the tidal forces may keep it warm enough to make life. Galileo probe may find more.
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Why do we live in Mars ?
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have you not seen war of the worlds?where did the aliens come from? MARS!!!
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A good answer to this question would quite lengthy.   I strongly recommend Robert Zubrin's book "The Case For Mars".  It covers the subject in great detail, but can be understood by nearly anyone with a basic education in science.
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There has been bacteria found on mars before.  I also think that it whould be silly to make one planet only contain life forms.  There is a huge univese and I'm pretty sure that there is.
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Hi ... The diameter of Mars is 4228.4 Miles ... follow the link below for loads more info ... Hope this helps !!!
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try reading  "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"\nit explains alot
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Mars is colder than Earth but does have quite a bit of frozen water. Not as much as Earth however. Recent space craft measurement have found large ice sheets buried by as little as 3 feet of dust.\n\nMercury is much hotter than Earth and has no water.
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The only clues to life on Mars are that it once had water, and there may be water beneath the surface in which some kind of primitive life might have survived from Mars watery period.  \n\nSome water ice also forms at the poles, and may harbor some primitive lifeforms that respond to the seasons.  But no probe has been there to do the study.\n\nThere is still a lot of debate regarding the Mars meteorites and whether they actually contain microbes.  Firstly, they may not be fossilised microbes at all, and secondly you have to show clearly that the meteorites have not been infected by Earth microbes. \n\nSo, nobody to date can say with any certaintly that life exists anywhere else but on Earth.\n\nFood for thought.
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Mars is larger than Mercury in size, but smaller than the Earth. It orbits the Sun at a distance 50% farther away from the Sun than the Earth. Mean density of Mars is 3930 kilogram per cubic meter.
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Mars \nThe planet that is fourth outward from the Sun. Mars has a mean heliocentric distance (semimajor axis) of 1.524 astronomical units, equivalent to 141.6 × 106 mi (227.9 × 106 km). Its orbital eccentricity of 0.093, one of the largest of the major planets, causes the distance between Mars and the Sun to vary from 128 × 106 mi (207 × 106 km) at perihelion to 155 × 106 mi (249 × 106 km) at aphelion. The mean diameter of Mars is 4212 mi (6780 km), or about 53% that of the Earth. The planet has a mass of 7.08 × 1020 tons (6.42 × 1023 kg), about 11% of Earth's. The sidereal rotation period is 24h 37m 22.7s, corresponding to a mean solar day of 24h 39m 35.2s.\n\nMars appears to the unaided eye as a bright, slightly reddish star. Having a mean (synodic) period between oppositions of 780 days, Mars is in conjunction with the Sun every other year. Viewed through a telescope, Mars usually appears as a bright reddish disk marked by complex, semipermanent dark regions and variable white polar caps.\n\nInterior\n\nAccurate measurements of the planet's gravitational field made by orbiting spacecraft have shown that Mars has a dense core and thus is differentiated into a core, mantle, and crust. The crust, composed of silicate rocks, enriched in silicon and aluminum and deficient in magnesium, is believed to be about 30 mi (50 km) thick. Over geologic time, partial melting of the crust or upper mantle has caused lower-density materials to float to the surface, creating the observed lava plains and volcanic structures.\n\nAt present Mars does not have a global magnetic field of appreciable strength. However, early in its history Mars must have had a more substantial magnetic field, because its near-surface rocks exhibit strong remanent magnetism. See also Rock magnetism.\n\nGeology\n\nThe Martian surface has been modified extensively by the processes of impact cratering, volcanism, faulting, and fluvial erosion. The terrain in the southern hemisphere is very heavily cratered and thus quite old, having formed some 3.8 × 109 years ago. Much of it stands 1–2 mi (1–4 km) higher than the planet's mean radius. By contrast, the northern hemisphere is dominated by vast, lava-covered plains with relatively few impact craters and an average elevation of about 3 mi (5 km) below the mean radius.\n\nThe Tharsis rise, or bulge, is an uplifted portion of the surface that stands several kilometers above the mean elevation of the planet. Most of Mars's tectonic features are associated with Tharsis, which affects approximately one-quarter of the entire surface.\n\nThe Martian surface exhibits several enormous shield volcanoes. The largest and perhaps the youngest is Olympus Mons, which is nearly 370 mi (600 km) across at its base and stands approximately 16 mi (26 km) above the surrounding terrain. Three other large shield volcanoes, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons, lie along the nearby Tharsis rise. In shape and structure the Martian shield volcanoes bear a strong resemblance to their Hawaiian counterparts. At the summit of each shield is a complex of calderas, collapsed craterlike features that were once vents for lava.\n\nPerhaps the most spectacular features on the Martian surface are the huge canyons located primarily in the equatorial regions. Valles Marineris, actually a system of canyons, extends for over 3000 mi (5000 km) along the equatorial belt. In places, the canyon complex is as much as 300 mi (500 km) wide and drops to more than 4 mi (6 km) below the surrounding surface. Dwarfing the Earth's Grand Canyon, Valles Marineris is comparable in size to the great East African Rift Valley. In general, the walls of the canyon are precipitous, have well-defined edges, and show evidence of slumping and landslide activity (Fig. 1).\n\n\nAn image from the Mars Global Surveyor resolves features as small as 20 ft (6 m) in a 10-km-wide portion of Coprates Chasma, which is located in the middle of Mars's vast