Mars (disambiguation)

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

Mars or MARS may also refer to:

• Mars (mythology), the Roman god of war
• Mars (astrology), a set of qualities and influences
• MARS (oceanography), an acronym for Monterey Accelerated Research System, a cabled-based ocean observatory in Monterey Bay, California
• Mars symbol, ♂
• Jean-Baptiste Belley, also known as Mars
• March (month), mars in French, named for the Roman god
• A conjugation form of the verb "to mar"
• Mars (Metra) a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois

Contents 1 Businesses and products 2 Film and television 3 Literature 4 Music 5 Military 6 Organizations 7 Places 7.1 In France 7.2 In the United States 7.3 In other countries 8 Technology 9 Surname 10 See also

Businesses and products

• Mars, Incorporated, a confectioner and food company
  • Mars Bar, a chocolate bar produced by Mars, Inc.
  • Mars family, the family that owns the above business
• Mars (motorcycle), a now defunct German motorcycle manufacturer
• Mars (supermarket), a U.S. grocery chain
• Mars Music, a now defunct U.S. music store chain
• Mars (beer), a type of lambic ale

Film and television

• The Angry Red Planet (or Invasion of Mars and Journey to Planet Four), a 1959 science fiction film
• Commander Mars, one of the Galactic Commanders from Pokémon
• Mars or Scarface (Kinnikuman), a dMp choujin from Ultimate Muscle
• Mars (1997 film), a 1997 movie starring Shari Belafonte
• Mars (2004 film), a 2004 Russian film
• Mars (TV series), a 2004 Taiwanese drama series based on the manga by Fuyumi Soryo
• Mars (actor), member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team
• Mars the Dog, canine star of A Dog's Breakfast
• Mars (Biker Mice from Mars), the planet as it appears in the cartoon series
• Keith Mars, fictional TV character
• Lianne Mars, fictional TV character
• Mars Blackmon, a character who appeared in She's Gotta Have It and commercials for Air Jordan shoes
• Veronica Mars (character), fictional TV character

Literature

• Mars, a novel by Ben Bova in the Grand Tour series
• Mars trilogy, three science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Mars (Fritz Zorn), an autobiographical essay by Fritz Angst
• Mars (manga), a 1996 manga series by Fuyumi Soryo
• Mars (Mitsuteru Yokoyama), a 1976 manga series by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
• The Megaversity Association for Reenactments and Simulations, in Neal Stephenson's novel The Big U
• Mars in fiction

Music

• 30 Seconds to Mars, an American alternative rock band
• Mars, disk two of the Red Hot Chili Peppers double album Stadium Arcadium
• Bruno Mars, musician
• Mars (B'z album)
• Mars Ill, a Christian hip-hop duo
• Mars (band), a short-lived No Wave band
• Mars (Gackt album)
• Mars (rapper), stage name of Mario Delgado, a horrorcore rapper
• Mars (song), a single by Fake Blood
• "Mars, the Bringer of War", a movement in Holst's The Planets
• Mick Mars, lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe
• Xueyang "Mars" Ma, member of Mandopop boy band Top Combine

Military

• HMS Mars (1794), 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
• ITL MARS, a reflex sight made by International Technologies Lasers
• JRM Mars, flying boat
• Mars Automatic Pistol, a semi-automatic pistol developed in 1900
• Memory Array Redcode Simulator, a machine that simulates a Corewar battle
• Military Auxiliary Radio System, an auxiliary communications system of amateur radio operators for the United States armed forces
• Operation Mars, codename of the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive, a Soviet offensive during World War II
• USS Mars (AFS-1), a supply ship in the United States Pacific Fleet
• Mars (Swedish ship), a Swedish warship sank in 1564

Organizations

• Mauritius Amateur Radio Society
• Mongolian Amateur Radio Society
• Mumbai Amateur Radio Society
• Military Armament Research Syndicate, a fictional organization in the G.I. Joe universe

Places

In France

• Mars, slang for Marseille, as popularised by the French hip hop group IAM
• Mars, Ardèche, France
• Mars, Gard, France
• Mars, Loire, France
• Mars-la-Tour, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
• Mars-sous-Bourcq, Ardennes, France
• Mars-sur-Allier, Nièvre, France

In the United States

• Mars, California, former name of Outingdale, California
• Mars, Pennsylvania, U.S.
• Mars, Texas, U.S.
• Mars (Metra) a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois

In other countries

• Stade 26 mars, a stadium in Mali

Technology

• Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (MARS)
• Mars, the code name of Adobe Systems' PDF in XML
• MARS, or Molecular Adsorbents Recirculation System for liver dialysis
• Mars, a West Cornwall Railway locomotive
• MARS (software), Data analysis software for automatic DNA/RNA concentration determination
• MARS (cryptography), a block cipher that was IBM's submission to the Advanced Encryption Standard process.
• Mars (oil platform), the largest oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico
• MARS (ticket reservation system), a train seat reservation system used in Japan
• Mars computer, a family of PDP-10-compatible digital computers built by Systems Concepts
• MaRS Discovery District, a scientific research centre in Toronto
• MARS Group, a British architectural think tank founded in 1933
• Mars probe program, a series of unmanned craft launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), a space launch site colocated with NASA Wallops Space Flight Facility on Wallops Island, south of Chincoteague, VA.
• Multiple Active Results Sets, a technique used within Microsoft's SQL Server database management system to enable database connections to be used for multiple purposes
• Multivariate adaptive regression splines, a regression analysis technique
• Project Mars, Sega's 32X add-on video game console
• Memory Array Redcode Simulator, the environment for the competitive programming game Core Wars

Surname

• Alastair Mars (1915–1985), British World War II submarine commander and author
• Chris Mars, musician and painter
• Ed Mars (1866–1941), American baseball player
• Forrest Mars, Jr., confectionery magnate
• Forrest Mars, Sr. (1904–1999), confectionery magnate
• Franklin Clarence Mars (1883–1934), confectionery magnate
• Jacqueline Mars, confectionery magnate
• John Franklyn Mars, confectionery magnate
• Kenneth Mars, (born 1936), actor
• Mademoiselle Mars (1779–1847), French actress

See also

• Fourth planet (disambiguation)
• MARRS, the artist who produced Pump Up the Volume
• Mars Hill (disambiguation)

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