Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system. Mars is the fourth

planet from the sun with Mercury, Venus, and Earth's orbits closer to the sun

than Mars. Mars' orbit is approximately 227,940,000 kilometers from the sun.

It takes Mars about 687 days to orbit the sun once, and Mars orbits the sun at

140 million miles per hour. Many scientists have referred to Mars as the "Red

Planet" because of Mars' rock, soil, and sky have a red or pink hue. The Red

Planet is only half the size of Earth. Mars has two moons, which are Phobos

and Deimos. From Earth, Mars looks like a bright orange red star. It looks like

this because the Red Planet is extremely dusty. The soil on Mars contains large

amounts of iron. All of this iron gives Mars a rusty tint.
 
 

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