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When sufficient material coalesce (clump together) in space, the favored shape is a sphere.

With asteroids & comets, there is usually insufficient mass to form a spherical shape due to gravity. This is why such objects can have a variety of shapes, like that of a potato or even craggy stalactite-like formations.

If such objects obtain enough mass, the mutual attraction of gravity will cause them to assume a spherical shape.

To be 100% accurate, planets like Mars, Earth, Jupiter, etc..., are generally spherical in shape, but would be better described as an "oblate spheroid," or a slightly, flattened sphere.

Due to the rotation of a planet on its axis, the equatorial diameter is usually a little greater than the north-south diameter. This rotation imparts a (very) slight centrifugal force, which would be greatest at the equator.

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Mars has a red apperance. It is known as the Red Planet.

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I think Mars has enough gravity to compact itself into a round shape and Mars is the color red. Though, I don't know what specific color of red it is.

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Bright and orange-red with vocanos.

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a feakin circle

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