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Astronomy

Planets - Mars

  Bulk Parameters | Orbital Parameters
Observational Parameters | Atmospheric Parameters
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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 Speeds - Autumn

2 to 4 m s−1

Surface Wind Speeds - Dust Storm

17 to 30 m s−1

Surface Wind Speeds - Summer

5 to 10 m s−1

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


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