Basics
Mars Exploration
Mars vs. Earth
Moons
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What is the nickname of Mars?
"The Red Planet"
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What is the first rover to land on Mars?
The Sojourner Truth
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What is the number of minutes that a Martian day is longer than Earth?
37 minutes
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What is Phobos's orbital period?
7.66 hours
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What the 4th planet from the sun?
Mars.
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What is the name lander that landed on Mars on July 4th, 1997?
Mars Pathfinder
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What is the number of Earth days in one Martian year?
687
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What is the smaller moon of Mars that translates to "terror"
Deimos
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The only traces of water on Mars are where?
the polar ice caps
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What spacecraft performed the frst succesful Mars flyby?
Mariner IV
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What is the size of Mars compared to that of Earth?
1/2 diameter
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What is Deimos's orbital period?
30.35 hours
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Mars is named after the Roman god of what?
The God of War
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What is the method in which the Mars pathfinder landed?
A parachute and a giant system of airbags.
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How much is Mars's atmospheric pressure less than Earth?
1%
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Phobos and Deimos are thought to be what?
Captured Asteroids
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