The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mars:
Mars – fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often referred to as the "Red Planet"[1][2] because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.
Classification of Mars edit
Location of Mars edit
- Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy
- Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
- Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the 4th planet from the Sun being Mars
- Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
Features of Mars edit
Surface of Mars edit
- Concentric crater fill
- Dark slope streak
- Dust Devil Tracks
- Lineated valley fill
- Mars surface color
- Martian geyser
- Martian soil
- Scalloped topography
- Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes
- Swiss cheese features
- Valley networks (Mars)
- Water on Mars
Landforms on Mars edit
Natural satellites of Mars edit
History of Mars edit
Exploration of Mars edit
- Mars aircraft
- Mars analogs
- Artificial objects on Mars
- Mars atmospheric entry
- Mars Direct
- Mars Exploration Joint Initiative
- Mars flyby
- Mars landing
- Life on Mars
- Martian meteorite
- Mars Ocean Hypothesis
- Rocks on Mars
- Mars rover
- Mars Scout Program
Flyby and direct missions to explore Mars edit
- Mars program
- Mariner program
- Zond program
- Viking program
- Phobos program
- Mars Observer
- Mars Pathfinder
- Mars Global Surveyor
- Mars Climate Orbiter
- Mars Polar Lander
- Deep Space 2
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Nozomi spacecraft
- Mars Express
- Mars Exploration Rover
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Rosetta spacecraft
- Phoenix spacecraft
- Dawn spacecraft
- Mars Science Laboratory
- MAVEN
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Exomars Program
- Insight lander
- Mars 2020
- Emirates Mars Mission
- Tianwen-1
Proposed missions to explore Mars edit
Mars in popular culture edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Zubrin, Robert; Wagner, Richard (1997). The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must. New York: Touchstone. ISBN 978-0-684-83550-1. OCLC 489144963.
- ^ Rees, Martin J., ed. (October 2012). Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-0-7566-9841-6.
External links edit
Mars at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- Mars at Curlie
- Mars Exploration Program at NASA.gov
- Google Mars and Google Mars 3D, interactive maps of the planet
- Geody Mars, mapping site that supports NASA World Wind, Celestia, and other applications
Images
- Mars images by NASA's Planetary Photojournal
- Mars images by NASA's Mars Exploration Program
- Mars images by Malin Space Science Systems
- HiRISE image catalog by the University of Arizona
Videos
- Rotating color globe of Mars by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Rotating geological globe of Mars by the United States Geological Survey
- NASA's Curiosity Finds Ancient Streambed – First Evidence of Water on Mars on YouTube by The Science Channel (2012, 4:31)
- Flight Into Mariner Valley by Arizona State University
Cartographic resources
- Mars nomenclature and quadrangle maps with feature names by the United States Geological Survey
- Geological map of Mars by the United States Geological Survey
- Viking orbiter photomap by Eötvös Loránd University
- Mars Global Surveyor topographical map by Eötvös Loránd University