2. Mars was named after the roman god of war.

3. Who discovered Mars? When? How? Where? A lot of people discovered Mars. On July 20,1976 discovered Mars by spacecraft.

4. Order from the sun: 1.88 Earth years. Distance from sun in AU: 1.67 AU. Distance from sun in KM: 249 million KM.

5. Mars is orange redish.

6. The atmosphere is very thin and the surface is orange redish.

7. Mass:1/10 th that of Earth. Volume:163,115,609,799 cubic kilometers. Equatorial circumference: 12.2 feet. Mean density: best guess is 3.94 g/cm. Gravity: 3.6 m/s 2. If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth then you would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.

8. Number of days to orbit Earth: 779.96 days. How close does Mars get to the sun: About 1,480 KM in radius. How far does Mars get from the sun: 549 million KM. Length of day: 24.62 hours.