Name and Location of Mars Mars is the name of fourth planet from the Sun. It is one of the eight planets in the Solar System where it belongs to the Milky Way Galaxy. Mars is named after the Roman god of war, Mars is also often described as the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance. The ancient Greeks called the planet Ares, after their god of war. The Romans did the same thing, associating the planet with their own god of war. Mars is one of the five planets visible with the unaided eye. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are also visible from Earth with unaided eye. Natural satellites orbiting Mars Mars has 2 moons, phobos and deimos. Phobos means fear and Deimos means panic were named after the horses that pulled the chariot of the Greek war god Ares, the counterpart to the Roman war god Mars. Surface of Mars Mars has mountains, valleys, and volcanoes. The largest volcano is Olympus Mons. It is associated with the Tharsis Montes. The Tharsis Montes are three ...
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