Mars Comparison Table

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Mars comparison table

Subject has surface temperature is an instance of has inclination has radius (1974) 3394 km has mean density has eccentricity has albedo has oblateness has been observ has obliquity has synodic period has mean orbital velocity has sidereal period has atmospheric pressure has atmosphere composition has surface gravity has mass 6.45 × 10^{26< sup> g (0.11 M_Earth)} has composition has rotational period has core composition is a kind of has number of satellite has apparent magnitude has material has mean distance from sun has motion relative to star has definition has escape velocity

naked eye planet for many centuries various elements planet brighter than 5 epicycloidal a planet in our solar system visible to the unaided eye

superior planet various elements planet Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).

terrestrial planet mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements planet silicates, oxides, water A planet having a compact rocky surface like Earth

Mars 248 K superior planet i = 1°.85 -has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press 4.0 g cm^-3 e = 0.0934 0.16 0.0092 for many centuries 23°59' 779.9 days 24.2 km s^-1 687 days 3.5 millibars (data from mariner 7) more than 90% CO₂, traces of O₂, CO, H₂O. 0.38 that of Earth mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements 24^h37^m22^s.6 liquid Ni - Fe 2 brighter than 5 silicates, oxides, water 1.5237 AU epicycloidal Fourth major planet out from the Sun. Its tiny satellites are locked in synchronous rotation with mars. 5.1 km s^-1

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Subject	has surface temperature	is an instance of	has inclination	has radius (1974) 3394 km	has mean density	has eccentricity	has albedo	has oblateness	has been observ	has obliquity	has synodic period	has mean orbital velocity	has sidereal period	has atmospheric pressure	has atmosphere composition	has surface gravity	has mass 6.45 × 10^{26< sup> g (0.11 M_Earth)}	has composition	has rotational period	has core composition	is a kind of	has number of satellite	has apparent magnitude	has material	has mean distance from sun	has motion relative to star	has definition	has escape velocity
naked eye planet									for many centuries									various elements			planet		brighter than 5			epicycloidal	a planet in our solar system visible to the unaided eye
superior planet																		various elements			planet						Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).
terrestrial planet																		mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements			planet			silicates, oxides, water			A planet having a compact rocky surface like Earth
Mars	248 K	superior planet	i = 1°.85	-has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press	4.0 g cm^-3	e = 0.0934	0.16	0.0092	for many centuries	23°59'	779.9 days	24.2 km s^-1	687 days	3.5 millibars (data from mariner 7)	more than 90% CO₂, traces of O₂, CO, H₂O.	0.38 that of Earth		mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements	24^h37^m22^s.6	liquid Ni - Fe		2	brighter than 5	silicates, oxides, water	1.5237 AU	epicycloidal	Fourth major planet out from the Sun. Its tiny satellites are locked in synchronous rotation with mars.	5.1 km s^-1