Mars
rocky planet · the red planet
1.36 AU from Earth
Rust-red dust, polar ice caps, Olympus Mons (three times the height of Everest) and a canyon as long as the United States.
- radius 3,390 km · a day lasts 24 h 37 min
- surface pressure under 1% of Earth's
Numbers that change with time are from 8 November 2026.
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- place in the Solar System
- distance
- 1.60 AU from the Sun
- size
- 6,780 km across
- orbits
- the Sun
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- Apollo 15 landing site at Hadley-Apennine, on the Moon
- Apollo 14 landing site at Fra Mauro, on the Moon
- Apollo 12 landing site in the Ocean of Storms, on the Moon