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Mars' Quick Facts

SIZE: 4,223 miles (6,796 km)

DISTANCE FROM SUN: 141,600,000 miles (227,900,000 km). Fourth planet from the sun.

ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION: Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon, oxygen, carbon monoxide, neon, krypton, xenon, and water vapor.

TEMPERATURE: -225 degrees Fahrenheit (-143 degrees Celsius) to 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17 degrees Celsius)

ONE DAY: 24 hours and 37 minutes

ONE YEAR: 1 year and 10.5 months

NATURAL SATELLITES: 2

DISTINCTIVE FEATURE: Mar's Polar caps are made of ice, so if they were melted they could support life.

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