Mars
The red planet, coloured by iron-rich dust, at its brightest when the Earth passes it about every two years.
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What it is
- Diameter
- 6,792 km
- Distance from the Sun
- 228.0 million km on average
- A year there lasts
- 687.0 Earth days
- A day there, from noon to noon
- 24.7 hours
- Average temperature
- −65 °C
- Known moons
- 2
Figures from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NSSDCA fact sheets. All sources