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All of Mars is "dry land" (even under the ice caps of frozen water and frozen carbon dioxide), while most of the Earth's surface (71%) is covered by water. So even though Mars has only 28% of Earth's surface area, the amount of dry land is about the same (144.8 million km2 compared to Earth's 144.9 million km2).
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∙ 12y agoThe reason is that all of Mars is "dry land" (even under the ice caps of frozen water and frozen carbon dioxide), while most of the Earth's surface (71%) is covered by water. So even though Mars has only 28% of the surface area of Earth, it has very nearly the same "land" surface.
Mars : 144,798,500 km2
Earth: about 144,940,000 km2 (depending on the definition of land surface)
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How many times larger is earths equatorial diameter then mars?
Earth is about 1.88 times larger than Mars.
What is the size of Mars planet?
Mars' diameter is about half that of the Earth and it's mass is only 10% of the Earth's.The total surface area of Mars is about the same as the total land area of the Earth.
Is gravity on mars the same as on earth?
No. Gravity on Mars is about 38% of what it is on Earth.
Does Mars have a sun?
No, it does not. The earth has a moon, and Mars does not. It is earth's moon, earth and the sun that are involved in eclipses. All of them. Without a moon, Mars cannot experience an eclipse.
Why is mars a solid planet?
because mars is a lot smaller than the earth (mars is about the same size as the earth) it is said that the interior of mars has cooled. Therefore convection of the asthenosphere is not possible and continental drift does not occur. We think the earth is headed in the same direction as mars and the earths interior will eventually cool to a solid.
Why do Mars and Earth have the same amount of land even though Mars is half earth's size?
becaus emars is deeper in the center of mars
Which planet rotated on its axis in about the same amount of time that earth does?
Mars. Mars rotates once in about 1.026 Earth days.Mars.
How are mars and earth similar?
Earth and Mars are both terrestrial planets. Both planets have about the same amount of dry land surface areas. Mars, like Earth, has volcanoes, canyons, and impact craters.
Is there the same amount of sun on mars as earth?
No. Mars is farther out, so the sunlight is more dispersed out ther.
How much more surface area does Earth have then Mars?
Mars only has about 28% the surface area of the Earth. What's interesting is that number matches the land area of Earth, so the total surface of Mars is roughly the same as the dry land surface of Earth.
How much dry land does Mars have?
All of the surface of Mars can be classified as dry land, even the frozen polar caps, because there is no liquid water on the surface of Mars. The total area of land on Mars is nearly the same as the "land" area of Earth, about 144,798,750 km2.
How is Mars linked to the earth?
Mars is in the same solar system is earth meaning mars and earth share the same sun.
What make Mars like Earth?
Both have solid, rocky surfaces, an atmosphere and water. However, Mars has a very much thinner atmosphere, almost no free oxygen, and most of the water is frozen. The length of a day on both planets is around 24 Earth hours (Mars 24.62 hours) even though Mars is only about half the size of Earth. Because Mars has no oceans, the available land surface there (practically all of the surface) is about the same as the dry-land surface on Earth.
What planet is much smaller than earth and its surface area is about the same as the land surface area of earth?
Is it the planet Mars.
How many times larger is earths equatorial diameter then mars?
Earth is about 1.88 times larger than Mars.
What is the size of Mars planet?
Mars' diameter is about half that of the Earth and it's mass is only 10% of the Earth's.The total surface area of Mars is about the same as the total land area of the Earth.
Do Mars and Earth have about the same diameter?
No. Mars has about half the diameter of Earth.
