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Astronomy

Planets - Mars

  Bulk Parameters | Orbital Parameters
Observational Parameters | Atmospheric Parameters
Satellites
   
 
Bulk Parameters

Black-Body Temperature

216.6 K

Bond Albedo

0.16

Core Radius

1700 km

Ellipticity

0.0065

Equatorial Radius

3397 km

Escape Velocity

5.03 km s−1

GM

0.04283 × 106 km 3 s-2

Mass

0.6419 × 1024 kg

Mean Density

3933 kg m−3

Moment of Inertia

0.366 I MR−2

Polar Radius

3375 km

Solar Irradiance

595 W m−2

Surface Gravity

3.69 m s−2

Topographic Range

36 km

Visual Geometric Albedo

0.150

Visual Magnitude

−1.52

Volume

16.318 × 1010 km3

Volumetric Mean Radius

3390 km

 
 
Orbital Parameters

Aphelion

249.3 × 10 6 km

Mean Orbital Velocity

24.13 km s−1

Obliquity to Orbit

25.19°

Orbital Eccentricity

0.0934

Orbital Inclination

1.85°

Perihelion

206.6 × 106 km

Semimajor Axis

227.9 × 106 km

Sidereal Orbit Period

686.980 days

Sidereal Rotation Period

24.6229 hours

Synodic Period

779.94 days

Tropical Orbit Period

686.930 days

 
 
Observational Parameters

Apparent Magnitude near Opposition

−2.0

Maximum Apparent Diameter from Earth

25.7 arc seconds

Maximum Distance from Earth

401.3 × 106 km

Minimum Apparent Diameter from Earth

3.5 arc seconds

Minimum Distance from Earth

54.5 × 106 km

 
 
Atmospheric Parameters

Average Temperature

210 K

Diurnal Temperature Range

184 K to 242 K

Mean Molecular Weight

43.34 g mol−1

Scale Height

11.1 km

Surface Density

0.020 kg m−3

Surface Pressure

6.9 mbars to 9 mbars

Surface Wind Speed - Autumn

2 to 4 m s−1

Surface Wind Speed - Dust Storm

17 to 30 m s−1

Surface Wind Speed - Summer

5 to 10 m s−1

Carbon Dioxide CO2 95.32%
Nitrogen N2 2.7%
Argon Ar 1.6%
Oxygen O2 0.13%
Carbon Monoxide CO 0.08%
Water H2O 210 ppm
Nitrogen Oside NO 100 ppm
Neon Ne 2.5 ppm
HDO 0.85 ppm
Krypton Kr 0.3 ppm
Xenon Xe 0.08 ppm
 
 
Satellites
Phobos Deimos
 


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