interesting facts about mars

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1 Mars has the largest dust storms in the solar system, they can last for

months and cover the entire planet.

2 Mars red color is due to iron oxide, also known as rust, and has the consistency of talcum powder.

Literally, the metallic rocks on Mars are rusting

3 No human could survive the low pressure of Mars.

If you went to Mars without an appropriate space suit, the oxygen in your blood would literally turn into bubbles, causing immediate death 

4 Mars has an enormous canyon named Valles Marineris (Mariner Valley) which is an astounding

2,500 miles long and four miles deep.

5 Phobos orbits remarkably close to Mars and is gradually sinking into the Red Planet.

In about 50 million years it will either crash into Mars or break up and form a small ring around the planet.

6 Mars has 37.5% of the gravity that Earth has.

• This means that a 100-pound person on Earth would weigh only 38 pounds on Mars and could jump three times as high

7 Mars is home to the highest peak in the solar system: Olympus Mons

8  Galileo Galilee was the first person to observe Mars through a telescope, in 1609

9 Mars has a flag. It was designed by a NASA engineer

10• A day in Mars lasts

about 24 hours but a year lasts approximately 687 days — almost twice the Earth’s. The Martian year is equivalent to its orbital period around the sun. Mars is farther away from the Sun that is why its orbital period is longer.

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