Outline of Mars
Overview of and topical guide to Mars
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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
Location of Mars
- 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
Surface of Mars
- 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
Natural satellites of Mars
History of Mars
Exploration of Mars
- 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
- 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
