Outline of Mars
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]- Martian chaos terrain
- Chasmata on Mars
- Craters on Mars
- Gullies on Mars
- Labes on Mars
- Mountains on Mars
- Quadrangles on Mars
- Plains on Mars
- Valles on Mars
- Surface features of Mars seen by the Spirit rover
Natural satellites of Mars
[edit]History of Mars
[edit]- History of Mars observation
- Martian canals
- Classical albedo features on Mars
- Timeline of discoveries of water on Mars
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
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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
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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 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