Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Mars Facts

  • Mars's moons Phobos and Deimos go around Mars the opposite way most other moons in the Solar System do.
  • Phobos orbits Mars three times a day (Mars day), it is so far the only moon to be discovered that goes around a planet faster than that planet turns.
  • You could launch yourself off Deimos by running, because the escape velocity is only 7 mph (11 km/hr).
  • Phobos is only 6000 km off the surface of Mars, the closest moon to its planet in the Solar System.
  • Mars has the biggest mountain in the Solar System (Olympus Mons). 

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