A lot of us already know that Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. We also know that Mars is recognized as the red planet. However, there are still countless things that we don’t know about this very interesting planet. Mars, which is a neighboring planet of our planet Earth, holds a lot of secrets that only some of the experts know. Nevertheless, it is still possible for us to dig in more details about this place in order for us to know Mars a lot better. Here are some of the interesting facts about Mars.
 Mars, aside from being the fourth nearest planet to the sun, is also considered the seventh largest among all the nine planets. Nowadays, many experiments and researches about this planet conducted by NASA as well as other scientists have sparked some interests about the red planet. Mars is also called as such (red planet) since the soil found on its surface is color red due to iron oxide, or otherwise known as rust. This planet was also named after Mars, who is the Roman God of War. Because of the advanced technology that we have, we were able to measure the equatorial radius of this planet which is approximately 3,397 kilometers. Its diameter is, of course, double the radius, which is 6,794 kilometers. In addition to these, our technology has also computed the approximate mass of Mars, which is 641,850,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. Its surface temperature could also reach a maximum of 310 K and a minimum of 150 K and its atmospheric components is mostly made up of 95 percent carbon dioxide, 3 percent nitrogen and 1.6 percent argon.
If these statistics are not interesting enough, recent discoveries about this planet will surely leave us in awe. One of these is the latest discovery by scientists that a large amount of ice water, found under the land surface of Mars, is plenty enough to cover or fill the Lake of Michigan twice. This has also led to the speculation that Mars is a livable planet since the presence of water indicates the presence of oxygen in the area. However, there are still no solid facts and data to support this assumption aside from the discovery of the ice. Since Mars is mostly covered with dust and rust, dust storms are very common in this planet. Aside from this, Mars is also full of amazing land formations. In fact, Mars is the home of one of the largest volcanoes in the solar system. This is otherwise known as the Olympus Mons, which is approximately 3 times bigger or larger than Earth’s Mount Everest and is also as wise as the state of New Mexico. Canyons are also very common in this red planet. One of its largest is the Vallels Marineris, which is approximately as long as the country of USA. Likewise,we could also see moons on Mars. In fact, Mars does have 2 moons. Both of these were discovered by Asaph Hall in the year 1877. These moons were named as Deimos and Phobos.
These are just some of the interesting facts about the beautiful planet of Mars. It may be deserted with living things, but interesting points and features of this planet will always be overflowing.