AMAZING FACTS

NUMERICAL FACTS ABOUT MARS

Average Distance from the Sun: Metric: 227,936,640 km

Perihelion (closest): Metric: 206,600,000 km

Aphelion (farthest): Metric: 249,200,000 km

Equatorial Radius: Metric: 3,397 km

Equatorial Circumference: Metric: 21,344 km

Mass: 641,850,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

Volume: 163,140,00,000 km3

Density: 3.94 g/cm3

Surface Area: 144,100,000 km2

Equatorial Surface Gravity: 3.693 m/s2

Escape Velocity: 18,072 km/h

Length of Day: 24.62 hours

Length of Year: 686.93 Earth days

Mean Orbit Velocity: 86,871 km/h

Orbital Eccentricity: .0934

Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic: 1.8 degrees

Equatorial Inclination to Orbit: 25.19

Orbital Circumference: 1.366,900,000 km

Min/Max Surface Temperature: -87 to -5 °C

Atmospheric Constituents: Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, Argon

Number of Moons: 2