10 basic facts about Mars everyone should know

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Mars is the second smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.

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Mars is a terrestrial planet like Earth (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are terrestrial planets while Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are gas giants).

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Mars is the fourth brightest object in the Earth's night sky.

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Mars has two irregular shaped Moons - Phobos and Deimos.

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Mars also has Polar ice caps like Earth.

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The average temperature on Mars is very low, about -63 degrees Celsius (-81.4 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Mars appear reddish because its surface contains a lot of Iron oxides.

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If you Weigh 100 N on Earth, you will weigh 38 N on Mars.

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One day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes long. One year on Mars is equal to about 687 Earth Days.

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