Tim+V+Mars

Often refered to as the red planet, Mars is exactly that, red. Mars is 227,900,000km away from the sun, weighs around 641,900,000,000,000,000,000,000kg and is 6796km wide. It takes 686.98 Earth days for Mars to revolve around the sun, which means their year is almost twice as long as ours. Mars Facts:  1. Mars has two moons, Deimos and Phobos, both are very much like an asteroid form the asteroid belt. 2. Mars has almost 1/3 the gravity compared to Earth. 3. A Martian day goes for 24HRS 37MINS 22SECS. 4. Mars has the tallest and largest mountain in the entire solar system, it is called Olympic Mons, it is more than twice as big as our largest mountain, Mt. Everest. 5. Mars also has the largest canyon in our solar system, it is called Valles Marineris, in comparison The Grand Canyon in America is tiny. This giant canyon would cover all the land between Los Angeles to Washington D.C.  6. Mars has three layers just like our Earth, the crust, the mantle and the core. 7. Mars is named after the Greek god, Ares, he is the god of war and before that was the god of agriculture (farming, plantations, animals). How is Mars different from Earth? Mars has no oxygen - Earth has oxygen  Mars only has frozen water in ice caps - Earth has solid, liquid and gas forms of water all occuring naturally   Martian days go for around 24HRS 40MINS - Earth days go for 24HRS   On Mars you would weigh around one third of your weight - On Earth you would stay at your current weight   Mars has a lower highest temperature to Earth   Mars has 2 moons - Earth has 1 moon   Mars only has an inner core (ball of solid metal) - Earth has an inner and outer core (liquid and solid metal)   All in all Mars is uninhabitable - Earth is inhabitablemedia type="youtube" key="4aW9WBNXdJk?fs=1" height="469" width="790"