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5 giorni fa · Lying in the Tharsis Montes region of the Martian landscape, Olympus Mons is a sprawling giant of a volcano, towering 22km above the surrounding region, and a total of 27km above the average height of the Martian surface.
1 giorno fa · A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has generated excitement recently because of what it could reveal beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Here's what that means. First ...
5 giorni fa · Mars size. Mars has a diameter of 6,792 km (4,220 miles); the planet’s circumference around the equator is 21,326 km (13,300 miles). Thus, if you’re moving at a speed of about 100 km per hour (62 miles per hour), it will take you about nine days to travel around the planet's equator.
4 giorni fa · It is half the size of Earth. Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet. It's red because of rusty iron in the ground. Like Earth, Mars has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather. It has a very thin atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon.
6 giorni fa · There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m (26,000 ft; 5.0 mi). The vast majority of these mountains are located on the edge of the Indian and Eurasian plates in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
2 giorni fa · Marte è il quarto pianeta del sistema solare in ordine di distanza dal Sole; [4] è visibile a occhio nudo ed è l'ultimo dei pianeti di tipo terrestre dopo Mercurio, Venere e la Terra (1,52 UA di distanza dal sole). Chiamato pianeta rosso per via del suo colore caratteristico causato dalla grande quantità di ossido di ferro che lo ricopre ...
5 giorni fa · Mars Has the Tallest Mountain in the Solar System. Olympus Mons, a shield volcano, is the tallest mountain on any of the planets in our solar system. Standing 13.6 miles (22 kilometers) high, it is nearly three times the height of Mount Everest, which is about 5.5 miles (8.9 kilometers) high.
