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2. Mars - Wikipedia

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   Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red Planet". [22] [23] Mars is among the brightest objects in Earth's sky, and its high-contrast albedo features have made it a common subject for telescope viewing.

3. List of films set on Mars - Wikipedia

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   Wired, reporting on the release of The Martian (2015), said prior films set on Mars—Red Planet, Mission to Mars (2000), and The Last Days on Mars (2013)—were "notable flops" that were the most recent in a "dismal track record of Mars movies". [4]

4. Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment - Wikipedia

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   Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE) is a radio science experiment onboard InSight Mars lander that will use the spacecraft communication system to provide precise measurements of Mars' rotation and wobble. RISE precisely tracks the location of the lander to measure how much Mars's axis wobbles as it orbits the Sun.

5. Suddenly, Mars Is Spinning Faster. No One Knows Why. - AOL

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   Researchers have discovered that Mars’s rotation is speeding up. Here's what's happening.

6. Length of a day on Mars is shrinking as planet is strangely ...

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   Scientists are unsure what is causing subtle speeding up of Red Planet’s rotation – but they have some ideas Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

7. Mars is rotating more quickly, NASA mission finds - AOL

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   Mars spins a little more quickly each year, according to data collected by NASA’s now-retired InSight lander. ... The instruments were used to track Mars’ rotation during the mission’s first ...

8. Orbit of Mars - Wikipedia

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   Extra-close oppositions of Mars happen every 15 to 17 years, when we pass between Mars and the Sun around the time of its perihelion (closest point to the Sun in orbit). The minimum distance between Earth and Mars has been declining over the years, and in 2003 the minimum distance was 55.76 million km, nearer than any such encounter in almost ...

9. Mars sol - Wikipedia

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   The average duration of the day-night cycle on Mars — i.e., a Martian day — is 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35.244 seconds, [3] equivalent to 1.02749125 Earth days. [4] The sidereal rotational period of Mars—its rotation compared to the fixed stars—is 24 hours, 37 minutes and 22.66 seconds. [4]