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Mars  Astronomical symbol of Mars
The planet Mars
Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Orbital characteristics
Epoch J2000[1]
Aphelion distance: 249,228,730 km (154.863,553 mi)
1.665 991 16 AU
Perihelion distance: 206,644,545 km (128,402,967 mi)
1.381 333 46 AU
Semi-major axis: 227,936,637 km (141,632,976 mi)
1.523 662 31 AU
Orbital circumference: ~1,430,000,000 km (888,000,000 mi)
9.55 AU
Eccentricity: 0.093 412 33
Sidereal period: 686.9600 day
(1.8808 yr)
Synodic period: 779.96 day
(2.135 yr)
Avg. orbital speed: 24.077 km/s
(53,859 mi/h)
Max. orbital speed: 26.499 km/s
(59,277 mi/h)
Min. orbital speed: 21.972 km/s
(49,150 mi/h)
Inclination: 1.850 61°
(5.65° to Sun's equator)
Longitude of ascending node: 49.578 54°
Argument of perihelion: 286.462 30°
Satellites: 2
Physical characteristics
Equatorial radius: 3402.5 km (2114.2 mi)
(0.533 Earths)
Polar radius: 3377.4 km (2098.6 mi)
(0.533 Earths)
Oblateness: 0.007 36
Surface area: 1.448×108 km²)
55,907,000 square miles (144 798 465 square kilometers)
(0.284 Earths)
Volume: 1.6318×1011 km³
(0.151 Earths)
Mass: 6.4185×1023 kg
(0.107 Earths)
Mean density: 3.934 g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity: 3.69 m/s2
(0.376g)
Escape velocity: 5.027 km/s (11,245 mi/h)
Sidereal rotation period: 1.025 957 day
(24.622 962 h)
Rotation velocity at equator: 868.22 km/h (539.49 mi/h)
Axial tilt: 25.19°
Right ascension of North pole: 317.681 43°
(21 h 10 min 44 s)
Declination of North pole: 52.886 50°
Albedo: 0.15
Surface temp.:
   Kelvin
   Celsius
min mean max
186 K 227 K 268 K[1]
−87°C −46 °C −5 °C
Adjectives: Martian
Atmosphere
Surface pressure: 0.7–0.9 kPa
Composition: 95.72% Carbon dioxide
2.7% Nitrogen
1.6% Argon
0.2% Oxygen
0.07% Carbon monoxide
0.03% Water vapor
0.01% Nitric oxide
2.5 ppm Neon
300 ppb Krypton
130 ppb Formaldehyde
80 ppb Xenon
30 ppb Ozone
10 ppb Methane