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= = =**Mars**=

From the Roman God of war. Order from the sun: Forth. Distance from the sun: 228 million km. Distance from the Earth: 225 million km. Mass: 64,185 * 10 to the 19th power. Volume: 163,115,609,799 cubic kilometers. Numbers of Earth days to orbit around the sun:686.971 Earth days. Perihelion:206,669,000 km. It looks like a red planet with white streaks. It has the largest mountain in our solar system (Olumpus Mons). It's 17 miles tall! Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos. Deimos is fifth-teen miles in diameter. While Phobos is twenty-seven miles in diameter. It never rains on Mars, but sometimes snows and has dust storms. Mariner 3 Nov. 5 ,1964, Mariner 4 Nov. 28 ,1964, Mariner 6 Feb. 24 ,1969, Mariner 7 Feb. 27 ,1969, Mariner 8 May 8 ,1971, Mariner 9 May 30 ,1971, Mars orbiter Dec. 11 ,1998. Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirt June 10 ,2003, Opportunity July 7 ,2003. Mars Global Surveyor Nov. 7 ,1996, Mars Observer Sep. 25 ,1992, Mars Odyssey April 7 ,2003, Mars Path Finder Dec. 4 ,1996. Mars Polar Lander/Deep Space 2 Jan. 3 ,1999, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Aug. 12 ,2005, Viking 1 Aug. 20 ,1975, Phoenix Aug. 4 ,2007, Mars Science Laboratory Nov. 26 ,2011, Viking 2 Sep. 9 ,1975.
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 * I**f humans went to Mars they would have to bring oxygen because its atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide.

Cool Facts:
By Billy Bekanich 6B. [|Nasa] [|Moons] [|Find your weight on other planets]
 * How much would I weigh on Mars:** 41.6 pounds.
 * List 3 neat or interesting facts about Mars:**
 * 1) Rotates on its axis like Earth. [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaGvTfVRv-xfD_4FOfpVizbe4s_FvtTruRadafCglDct_IL0cVPo1oNlw width="127" height="55"]]
 * 2) Nick name is the red planet.
 * 3) Has two polar ice caps.