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  2. List of Solar System objects by size - Wikipedia

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    These lists contain the Sun, the planets, dwarf planets, many of the larger small Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects.

  3. 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.

  4. File:Mars, Earth size comparison.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Mars has an atmosphere composed mostly of carbon dioxide, with surface pressure 0.6% of that of Earth, which is sufficient to support some weather phenomena. [119] During the Mars year (687 Earth days), there are large surface temperature swings on the surface between −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) to 5.7 °C (42.3 °F).

  6. Outline of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Of the objects that orbit the Sun indirectly, the moons, two are larger than the smallest planet, Mercury. ... Near-Earth objects; Van Allen radiation belt; Mars ♂ ...

  7. Astronomers discover Kepler-10c, rocky planet much bigger ...

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    By Irene Klotz BOSTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have discovered a new type of rocky planet beyond the solar system that weighs more than 17 times as much as Earth while being just over twice the ...

  8. Two new planets bigger than Earth possibly found in our solar ...

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    By RYAN GORMAN Scientists may have found Planet X -- the long-rumored object believed to be larger than Earth and further from the sun than Pluto. Planet X and another object dubbed "Planet Y ...

  9. File:Comparing the size of Earth, Mars, and exoplanets of ...

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    The smallest of these, Kepler-42d, is about the size of Mars with a radius of only 0.57 times that of Earth. Not long ago, in Dec. of 2011, the Kepler team announced the discovery of Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f -- the first Earth-size planets ever found outside the solar system.