Solar System Planets

Mars
Mars or the red planet was considered to be identical to Earth by a few scientists. It is neither too large nor too small. It is the fourth planet from the Sun and has a few similarities with Earth. This is the reason why it was believed that life could exist on Mars. A few years ago, they saw traces of life on this
Solar System planet but the theory was soon proven wrong because there are certain important differences. Mars' atmosphere has a large percentage of carbon dioxide which automatically proves that a human being would not be able to

survive. Also, the atmosphere is very thin and it has been said that water would reach boiling point at room temperature.

The core is very cool and the crust is basically a large plate. A large number of mountains and volcanoes can be found on the surface of the planet. The largest volcano in the Solar

System, Olympus Mons, is found on Mars. Geologically, the volcanoes found on Earth are not very large because the several plates in the crust are constantly moving. However, the large plate on Mars does not move which is why these volcanoes are massive.

The planet has two natural satellites, namely, Phobos and Deimos. The orbital period of Mars is 686.971 days or 1,88 years.