Fast Facts: Oct. 18
October 18, 2010
- Mars has the biggest mountain in the solar system.
- People have always wondered about life on Mars because of the “”canals”” first seen by early astronomers.
- Mars is named after the Roman god of war because its red color reminded early observers of blood.
- Compared to the other planets in the solar system, Mars is quite small.
- In the 1970s, the Viking orbiter took pictures of what appear to be giant faces and pyramids carved into Mar’s surface in the Cydonia region.
- Mars has some of the wildest weather in the solar system.
