why mars is called red planet
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Mars is second smallest planet in our solar system.Mars was named after the Roman God of war , because of its blood colour.The planet looks very rusty red because of its surface covered with iron rich soil and rock.There are no seas on Mars, and it is very cold.Mars has two tiny moons , Deimos and Phobos , which are not round like our Moon. They look more like baked potatoes.They might have been asteroids [ space rocks] that Mars captured with its gravity.
Phobos is about 15 km long ,whereas , Deimos is about 27 km long.
Amazing fact about Mars : There's a record breaking Volcano on Mars.Olympus Mons is about 600 km across and towers over 25 km high.It's the Solar System's biggest volcano.Long ago,its spurted out running rivers of black lava.
The south pole of Mars is mostly dry ice , which is frozen Carbon dioxide gas.At the north pole there may be frozen water,mixed with frozen Carbon dioxide .There may be frozen water underground on Mars,too.
Long ago,Mars had flowing rivers of water , so there could have been life once , and there may be fossils buried underground.
Phobos is about 15 km long ,whereas , Deimos is about 27 km long.
Amazing fact about Mars : There's a record breaking Volcano on Mars.Olympus Mons is about 600 km across and towers over 25 km high.It's the Solar System's biggest volcano.Long ago,its spurted out running rivers of black lava.
The south pole of Mars is mostly dry ice , which is frozen Carbon dioxide gas.At the north pole there may be frozen water,mixed with frozen Carbon dioxide .There may be frozen water underground on Mars,too.
Long ago,Mars had flowing rivers of water , so there could have been life once , and there may be fossils buried underground.
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Because it appears in the sky at orange red star ........
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