Mars

Mars is the fourth planet of our solar system. Mars completes one rotation around its axis in 24 hours and 42 minutes. The planet Mars is able to complete its orbit around the sun in around 686.98 days according to Earths rotation around its axis. Mars ha e t!o moons that are named as "hobos and #eimos. $f all the planets in the %olar %ystem& the seasons of Mars are the most Earth'li(e& due to the similar tilts of the t!o planets) rotational axes. The lengths of the Martian seasons are about t!ice those of Earth)s& as Mars)s greater distance from the %un leads to the Martian year being about t!o Earth years long. Martian surface temperatures ary from lo!s of about *+4, -. /*220 -12 /at the !inter polar caps2 to highs of up to ,0 -. /90 -12 /in e3uatorial summer2 $f all the planets in the %olar %ystem& the seasons of Mars are the most Earth'li(e& due to the similar tilts of the t!o planets) rotational axes. The lengths of the Martian seasons are about t!ice those of Earth)s& as Mars)s greater distance from the %un leads to the Martian year being about t!o Earth years long. Martian surface temperatures ary from lo!s of about *+4, -. /*220 -12 /at the !inter polar caps2to highs of up to ,0 -. /90 -12 /in e3uatorial summer2.