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MARS... Mars' atmosphere

95.32% carbon dioxide 2.7% nitrogen 1.6% argon 0.13% oxygen 0.07% carbon monoxide 0.03% water vapor, neon, krypton, xenon, ozone and methane.

Distance from the sun __ Mars is apx distance from the sun is 227,936,640Km, according to nationalgeograthic   __

Mars' size // Mars' diameter: 4214 miles = 6796 km //


 * Mars would have span 0.5 times in one Earth year **

How is Mars differnt from Earth? Mars is not very differnt from Earth because there was thought to be life on Mars because of the frozen water on the top and bottom of the planet, and there is even some frozen water under ground. Mars is also differnt in ways like the size, Earth is slitly bigger and it has close to no atmosphere. the magnetic field has died leaving no life with only 0.13% of the atmosphere is oxegen, and 95.32% carborn dioxide. The rest is other gases like methan and carbern monoxide. Mars was named after "Mars" the roman god of war, because the red planet resembling blood, which is appropriate for the god of war.

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