MARS – Planets in our solar system (4 of 9)
Distance from sun – 142 million miles
Distance from earth – 35 million miles (at the closet point)
Moons – 2 (Phobos and Deimos)
Diameter – 4212 miles (1.8 times smaller than the earth)
Year (one orbit around the sun) – 687 days
Greek name – Ares
Roman name – Mars
Mythology – Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter, and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army.