🌒🌓🌔 6 Facts About Mars 🌖🌗🌘

[RedRobin]

Shout out to @CuriousMufuxka because I haven't written a take like this in a while :)

Mars was once believed to be home to intelligent life: This came from the discovery of lines or grooves in the surface called canali by an Italian astronomer named Giovanni Schiaparelli. Schiaparelli believed that they were not naturally occurring and were proof of intelligent life. However, these were later found to be an optical illusion.

Only 16 of the 39 Mars missions have been successful: Beginning with the USSR’s Marsnik 1 which was launched in 1960, 39 orbiters, landers and rovers have been to Mars but only 16 of those missions were a success.

Pieces of Mars have been found on Earth: It is believed that trace amounts of the Martian atmosphere were within meteorites that the planet ejected. These meteorites then orbited the solar system for millions of years amongst the other objects and solar debris before eventually entering the Earth’s atmosphere and crashing to the ground. The study of this material has allowed scientists to discover more about Mars before launching space missions.

With the exception of Earth, Mars is the most hospitable to life: A number of space missions are planning for the next decade the further increase our understanding of Mars and when it has the potential for extraterrestrial life, as well as whether it may be a viable planet for a colony.

Mars does not have a magnetic field: Although there are some scientists that believe it did have a magnetic field somewhere around 4 billion years ago.

Mars takes its name from the Roman god of war: The Romans named Mars after their god of war, associating the planet’s blood-red colour with Mars. Interestingly, other ancient cultures also focused on colour – to China’s astronomers it was ‘the fire star’, whilst Egyptian priests called on ‘Her Desher’, or ‘the red one’. The red colour Mars is known for is due to the rock and dust covering its surface being rich in iron.

[NEOTUNIA2U]

I still have doubts that it would be habitable for human life to sustain life on there for long periods. We should be focused on repairing, preserving the earth and Its inhabitants ( humans, animals, plant life etc..)

[NEOTUNIA2U]

Thanks for MHO!

[Mikayla03]

This is very good!! And I should know that because I'm from Mars.♥️👌

[RedRobin]

:o:o

[NEOTUNIA2U]

😂😂

[NorwegianBoy]

Another
Great myTake

[killer4212]

Mars looks pretty

[Bluemax]

To these interesting facts I add:

Mars has a day that very closely approximates Earth's (24 hours, 37 minutes)

Mars has an axial tilt that very closely approximates Earth's (about 25 degrees)

Mars has underground frozen water, which many believe covers the entire planet's subsurface

On rare occasion, Mars has temperatures that approximates Earth's. Temps as high as the upper 70s and even low 80s have been recorded. However, those are temperatures taken literally within a few inches off the ground. Temperatures recorded on the same day at a height of 6' above the ground were below freezing. This is due to Mars' very thin atmosphere, which allows it to radiate heat from the surface at incredible rates.

Mars is the home of the solar system's largest known volcano, Olympus Mons. It's a stratovolcano which rises almost 70,000' above the average level of Mars. It's land area is roughly the size of the state of Oregon. If you stood on its peak, you wouldn't know you're on a mountain. The slopes are very gentle and the base of the mountain would be well beyond the horizon. Mars has several huge stratovolcanoes which seem to indicate to scientists that there's virtually no tectonic activity on Mars.

The star known as Antares derives its name from Mars. Antares in Greek translates roughly as "Rival of Ares," Ares being the Greek name for Mars. It's called Antares because its red and sits in the zodiac, which means it could be mistaken for Mars.

Johannes Kepler, a 16th/17th century astronomer, used data collected about Mars to formulate his laws of planetary motion, mostly because Mars has the most elliptical orbit of the planets known to Kepler at the time.

As for life on Mars, it's debatable if Mars is the likeliest candidate apart from Earth. Some scientists have put forth the argument that there's more chance for life on Europa or even Titan than on Mars.

[Bluemax]

Oops. I meant to say shield volcano

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for sharing your MyTake with us , very well written. :)

[RedRobin]

Thanks

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

You're Welcome :)

[monkeynutts]

Cool keep up the science takes, its a breathe of fresh air compared to all the scabby sex questions.

[smahala1991]

I agree! 100%

[Jjpayne]

I love these fact mytakes!! It would be fun to see where we go with mars in the future

[Likes2drive]

Great mytake, I always like reading about things in the universe and wonder where will be in years to come

[LesbianBusinessWoman]

Nice mytake

I think that Europa is better candidate for life

[vald9inches]

actually some of the moons of the gas giants may be more hospitable than mars ironically

[vald9inches]

Mars is my favorite planet by the way :3

[CuriousMufuxka]

Right on! Our solar system (Including Pluto as a planet) is badass!

[RedThread]

It's also where I come from.

[TripleAce]

Kewl
Fun
Thanks

[ChocolateCheesecake]

Interesting

[smahala1991]

cool facts RR :)

[LegateLanius]

Coolies

[Ranger2019]

Nice take
😀 thanks

[Lance1965]

Great stuff.

[Secretgardenblood]

Good take

[Nickhot]

Good information

[AngryNoctis]

Smoke weed occasionally

[RedRobin]

What?