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Mars

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Mars

The Red Planet with the tallest volcano in the solar system/Planets

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, known for its reddish appearance caused by iron oxide on its surface. It hosts Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in the solar system at about 21.9 km high. Mars has two small, irregularly shaped moons, Phobos and Deimos.

Measurements

Equatorial diameter6.8 million m
22.6 millionAnt hill heights
64.7 millionBagel diameters
34 millionBrick lengths
Mass642 sextillion kg
472 sextillionCostco rotisserie chickens
107 trillionGreat Pyramids of Giza
53.5 sextillionCorgis
Mean orbital speed24,077 m/s
80,257Roombas
290Bullet trains
2,306Usain Bolts
Mean surface temperature210 K
1.2 tenthsMolten steel pours
6.8 tenthsPenguin egg pouches

About −63 °C

Sidereal day length88,775 s
241 billionthsHolocene eras
74Power naps
704 millionthsUS presidencies

About 24 hours 37 minutes, a sol

Mean distance from the Sun228 billion m
326 quadrillionRed light wavelengths
125 billionPicnic table lengths
9.6 billionTennis court lengths
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