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Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, that may be captured asteroids. They're potato-shaped because they have too little mass for gravity to make them spherical.
Like Earth, Mars has distinct seasons, but they last longer than seasons here on Earth since Mars takes longer to orbit the Sun (because it's farther away).
29 lip 2023 · Both planets have seasonal changes. Just like Earth has four seasons throughout the year, Mars has its own. The cores of both planets have a very similar composition, with high percentages of iron and nickel.
11 paź 2024 · It is half the size of Earth. Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet. It's red because of rusty iron in the ground. Like Earth, Mars has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather. It has a very thin atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are thought to be captured asteroids, or debris from early in the formation of our solar system.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are thought to be captured asteroids, or debris from early in the formation of our solar system. Phobos is the larger of Mars' two moons.
First, Mars has a year that lasts for two Earth years. So each season is roughly twice as long as the corresponding Earth season. It's axial tilt, by coincidence, is about the same as Earth's. This is very much a coincidence. Our Earth keeps the same tilt for billions of years, stabilized by the Moon. But Mars's tilt keeps changing.