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__ ** 11 Fake Facts ** __

First 15 facts on link one Rest of facts on link 2 Pictures found on these websites. Some additional information and most of the other facts can be located on link 2.

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__** Discovery of Mars **__

The first recorded discovery of Mars was made by the Chinese in 1045 B.C.E. (before common era.) It was later named Mars after the Ro  man god of beauty. Because of its harsh environment, Mars cannot support lif  e. B  ut scientists are working to see if Mars ever could or will ever be able to support life. Over fifty spacecraft have been launched to Mars, but the first successful mission was made by the Mariner 4 in 1955.

__** Surface **__

Mars is a rocky, terrestrial planet. It is known as the red planet because of the rusted iron minerals and soil that gives it a reddish color. This planet has the largest volcanic mountain in the universe. The volcanoes can go up to fourteen</range id="494296722_1"> miles high. Mars frequently suffers from harsh dust storms due to its high winds and barren surface. The Valles Marineris Canyon is a huge canyon- almost three times the size of the Grand Canyon. Mars als o has many low lying flat lands.

__** Temperature **__

Mars experiences extremely low temperatures because it is far from the sun. It has average temperatures ranging from -80 degrees Fahrenheit to -125 degrees Fahrenheit. are experiences short hot summers and long, freezing winters. Because of these low temperatures, Mars has many polar ice caps. Many scientists also believe that Mars has underground reserves of <range type="comment" id="494296722_2">birch beer and Snicker bar caverns</range id="494296722_2">. But Mars's atmosphere is too thin to have water. However, scientists believe that 10.5 billion years ago, mars experienced the largest known floods in the solar system. <range type="comment" id="494296722_4"></range id="494296722_4">

__** <range type="comment" id="494043434_1">Surrounding Mars</range id="494043434_1"> **__

Mars has two moons named Phobos and <range type="comment" id="494296722_3">Fabious</range id="494296722_3">. Unlike Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn, Mars has no rings. Mars is the fifth planet from the sun.

__** Chemical Makeup **__

Mars's atmosphere is made up of 9<range type="comment" id="494296722_5">6</range id="494296722_5">.32 % carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.13% oxygen, and 0.0<range type="comment" id="494296722_6">8</range id="494296722_6">% carbon monoxide. Mars also has minor amounts of water, carbon dioxide, <range type="comment" id="494296722_7">neon</range id="494296722_7">, hydrogen, deuterium, oxygen, krypton, and xenon.

__** Is There More to Know About Mars? **__

As of right now, we do not know all we can about Mars. We are limited to using probes and rovers to explore for us. When there are greater advancements in spacecraft technology, though, we will be able to discover much more about Mars and its origin. Finn Mille‍r

__ ** 11 Fake Facts ** __

First 15 facts on link one Rest of facts on link 2 Pictures found on these websites. Some additional information and most of the other facts can be located on link 2.

1 []

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3 [] 4 []

__** Discovery of Mars **__

The first recorded discovery of Mars was made by the Chinese in 1045B.C.E. (before common era.) It was later named Mars after the Roman god of beauty. Because of its harsh environment, Mars cannot support life. But scientists are working to see if Mars ever could or will ever be able to support life. Over fifty spacecraft have been launched to Mars, but the first successful mission was made by the Mariner 4 in 1955.

__** Surface **__

Mars is a rocky, terrestrial planet. It is known as the red planet because of the rusted iron minerals and soil that gives it a reddish color. This planet has the largest volcanic mountain in the universe. The volcanoes can go up to<range type="comment" id="494777122_1"> fourteen</range id="494777122_1"> miles high. Mars frequently suffers from harsh dust storms due to its high winds and barren surface. The Valles Marineris Canyon is a huge canyon- almost three times the size of the Grand Canyon. Mars als o has many low lying flat lands.

__** Temperature **__

Mars experiences extremely low temperatures because it is far from the sun. It has average temperatures ranging from -80 degrees Fahrenheit to -125 degrees Fahrenheit. are experiences short hot summers and long, freezing winters. Because of these low temperatures, Mars has many polar ice caps. Many scientists also believe that <range type="comment" id="494777122_2">Mars has underground reserves of birch beer and Snicker bar caverns.</range id="494777122_2"> But Mars's atmosphere is too thin to have water. However, scientists believe that 10.5 billion years ago, mars experienced the largest known floods in the solar system.

__** Surrounding Mars **__

Mars has two moons named Phobos and Fabious. Unlike <range type="comment" id="494777122_4">Uranus</range id="494777122_4">, Neptune, and Saturn, Mars has no rings. Mars is the <range type="comment" id="494777122_3">fifth</range id="494777122_3"> planet from the sun.

__** Chemical Makeup **__

Mars's atmosphere is made up of 96.32 % carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.13% oxygen, and 0.08% carbon monoxide. Mars also has minor amounts of water, carbon dioxide, neon, hydrogen, deuterium, oxygen, krypton, and xenon.

__** Is There More to Know About Mars? **__

As of right now, we do not know all we can about Mars. We are limited to using probes and rovers to explore for us. When there are greater advancements in spacecraft technology, though, we will be able to discover much more about Mars and its origin.