because Greece believed in gods and goddesses so they believed that since mars was so red, it was the God of War. that is what mars means.
Is mars known as earths sister planet
Mars is the fourth closest planet to the sun, after Earth, but before the asteroid belt (which comes before Jupiter). Mars is 227,936,640 km (141,633,263 miles) from the sun on average, around 1.5 times the Earth to sun distance. Mars is the furthest of the four inner, terrestrial planets from the sun.
mars
Mars is sometimes referred to as the "Red Planet" due to its reddish appearance in the night sky.
Mars is called the rusty planet because of the large amounts of iron oxide (rust) on the surface.
Is mars known as earths sister planet
Mars and Venus and the moon.
Mars
Mars is often referred to as Earth's "sister planet" because it is similar in size and composition, but there are significant differences between the two planets. Mars has a thin atmosphere, no liquid water on its surface, and a much colder climate compared to Earth.
half of earths size
Well, we like to call it a sister planet, but yes - it is. Many scientists believe that mars used to look very similar to earth, and have evidence that it used to possess a similar atmosphere and a plentiful supply of water.
Actually I believe that the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter was Mar's sister planet. However it was destroyed somehow hundreds of millions of years ago and could have possibly stripped Mars of it's life giving atmosphere.
Mars.
The surface gravity on Mars is the weakest, it is 37.6% of Earths.
Planet Mars is known as the red planet.
Mars is an inner terrestrial rocky planet. Though there is an atmosphere is is very thin compare to the earths.
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