Fun facts about Mars:
- Mars has been known since the prehistoric times.
- It can be spotted from Earth.
- Mars has dust devils!
- A day on Mars is known as a "sol." There are 668 sols in a martian year.
- The month March is named after Mars.
- During a Mars winter, 20% of the air freezes.
- Mars has 37.5% of the gravity that Earth has. This means that a 100-pound person on Earth would weigh only 38 pounds on Mars and could jump three times as high.
- Mars has the biggest mountains in the Solar System.
- Mars is nicknamed the red planet. Because of the color reminding people of blood, they named Mars after the roman god of war
- Mars has almost no atmosphere