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What I have noticed is that the word Mar as in the Spanish or Latin "Del Mar" (of the sea), means ocean. In other cases, Mars is associated with the god war and "Mar" has made its way into the word "Martial". But the name for the red planet is strikingly similar to the latin word for Ocean. And yesterday, as can be read in the above article, it was further confirmed that Mars had oceans at one point in her history. I realise that astrophysicists maintain the oceans must have been present "billions" of years ago. But, if the name of Mars actually describes her oceans, who named it? Who observed the oceans of Mars in our history or pre-history?

If this sort of question belongs in History or Humanities or the trash, please feel free re-direct at your leasure.



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Mars is very a very interesting planet! There may even be water on Mars! Nobody knows yet, that would be amazing if there was. Mars received its name from its red color. The month of March comes from Mars. That is an interesting fact! ======

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Mars was discovered a long time ago. The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965. Though Mars is much smaller than Earth, the surface area is about the same as the land surface area of Earth. A small number of meteorites are believed to have originated from Mars. That is something I did not know. ======




 * Rusted soil is what causes Mars to appear red.
 * There are severe dust storms at hurricane speeds on the planets surface.
 * Mars is like Earth in many ways. They both have polar ice caps, stable temperatures, magnetic iron cores, and four seasons.
 * Mars used to have been much warmer and had more moisture. It is being probed for life signs.
 * Mars has a thinner atmosphere than Earth.
 * All the water now on Mars is frozen.
 * Mars once had active volcanoes, one was 15 miles high!
 * Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
 * The diameter of Mars is 6794 km
 * It has no rings
 * Mars has the largest canyon in the solar system. It would reach from Los Angeles to Chicago if it was on Earth!
 * Dust storms can cover the whole planet for months at a time.
 * About every two years the Earth and Mars come close together.
 * The planet has two moons, Diemos and Phobos.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">It would take about 6 months for a spacecraft to get to Mars but the crew would have to wait.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Many people take mars to be a romantic destination.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Mars has 38% of the gravity compared to Earth. If you weighed 10kg on Earth, you'll weigh 3.8kg on Mars [[image:martin_vus_sign_bot.gif width="331" height="79"]]media type="custom" key="9773546"

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