A dried up gorge runs across one side of Mars called Valles Marineris. It stretches for more than 4,000km (2,500 miles). It would stretch all the way across Europe.
Mars is named after the Roman god of war because of Mars’ blood red colour.
On Mars, days are quite similar, one Mars day is 25 Earth hours, only one more hour than our day.
Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos, are irregularly shaped.
Really interesting, Ollie. I love that you've put a photo of Mars on the blog. Is that Valles Marineris that we can see on the picture?
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ReplyDeleteVery likely
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