28 November, Monday is 🔴 National Red Planet Day
A day to celebrate and learn more about the Red Planet – Mars. The planet is called so because it appears red in color.
Mars.
687 Days.
Yes. Like Earth, Mars has four seasons.
Currently no.
Yes, Mars has a very weak magnetic field.
The first telescopic observation of Mars was by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
Maximum recorded temperature at Mars is about +70 degrees F.
Mars is very cold planet. Its temperature can get down to as low as nearly minus 200 degrees F.
Yes. The Red Planet’s atmosphere contains more than 95% carbon dioxide and much less than 1% oxygen.
NASA is recruiting to send humans to Mars as soon as 2037.
4.603 billion years old.
51.496 million mi
Iron, nickel, and sulfur.
Mars Oxygen is only 0.13%, compared with 21% in Earth’s atmosphere.
687 days.
Mars surface is rocky, with canyons, volcanoes, dry lake beds and craters all over it. Red dust covers most of its surface.
246.63 million km.
With a 2,106 miles (3,390 kilometers) radius, Mars is about half the size of Earth.
The Red Planet’s color is from regolith, or surface material, contains lots of iron oxide.
No proof of past or present life has been found on Mars to date.
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According to NASA officials, the trip to mars takes about seven months.
