Mars

Mars is small when compared to earth. it is 249,000,000 kilometres (155,000,000 miles) away from the sun.  Mars is Earth's neighbour. The furthest distance that has been recorded from Mars to Earth is400,000,000 kilometres (249,000,000 miles)

Mars has a very very large canyon, that is 13 times longer than the Grand Canyon and would stretch from one side to the other of the USA. Mars' canyon is the largest in the universe!!!!!!!!

Mars' day is calculated at 24 hours and 37.5 minutes. It tilts at an axis of   23.98 degrees. Summer and spring last for 381 days and autumn and winter last 306 days, which makes it cold most of the time!! (and that's with it being closer to the sun!!) It takes 687 Earth days for Mars to orbit the sun.

The average daytime temperature is -23 degrees F (-10 degrees C) and the average night-time temperature is -101°F (-10°C). Its number of known moons is 2.

It tilts on an axis of 24°F.   Its atmosphere is made up of mainly Carbon Dioxide.

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