Amazing scientific facts about Mars... you may know them for the first time!

2019-02-17 2019-02-17T14:59:46Z
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Weather of Arabia - Mars is considered the second smallest planet in the solar system, and it comes in fourth place in terms of distance from the sun, and the Arabs called it Mars (meaning red spots).

Its gravity is less than that of Earth

The first scientific fact about Mars is that the gravity on it is 62.5% less than on Earth. If you weigh 45 kilograms on Earth, it will be about 17 kilograms on Mars .

The largest mountains in the solar system

On its surface there are the volcanic Olympus mountains, the largest among the mountains of the solar system, which is three times higher than Mount Everest, about 22 km high and about 600 km in diameter .

Discovery of water

Scientists have discovered evidence of salt water flowing on the surface of Mars during the summer.

Great variation in temperatures

It is also a scientific fact that the surface of Mars is characterized by a clear and large variation in temperatures on its surface, as the temperature reaches 27 degrees Celsius in the equator and -175 degrees Celsius in the poles .

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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