Since Mars was discovered, mankind has been interested in this planet. Many people find that saving humanity depends on the colonization of the Red Planet. Here are 10 interesting facts about the Mars.
5. 3 No human could survive the low
pressure of Mars.
6. If you went to Mars without an
appropriate space suit, the oxygen
in your blood would literally turn
into bubbles, causing immediate
death
7.
8. 4 Mars has an enormous canyon
named Valles Marineris (Mariner
Valley) which is an astounding
2,500 miles long and four miles
deep.
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10. 5 Phobos orbits remarkably close to Mars and
is gradually sinking into the Red Planet.
In about 50 million years it will either crash into Mars or
break up and form a small ring around the planet.
11. 6 Mars has 37.5% of the gravity that
Earth has.
• This means that a 100-pound person on Earth would weigh only 38 pounds on Mars and could
jump three times as high
12. 7 Mars is home to the highest peak in the solar system: Olympus
Mons
13. 8 Galileo Galilee was the first person to observe
Mars through a telescope, in 1609
14. 9 Mars has a flag. It was designed
by a NASA engineer
15. 10
• A day in Mars lasts about
24 hours but a year lasts
approximately 687 days
— almost twice the
Earth’s. The Martian year
is equivalent to its orbital
period around the sun.
Mars is farther away from
the Sun that is why its
orbital period is longer.