Outline of Mars
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" 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
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
- Martian chaos terrain
- Chasmata on Mars
- Craters on Mars
- Gullies on Mars
- Labes on Mars
- Mountains on Mars
- Quadrangles on Mars
- Plains on Mars
- Valles on Mars
- Surface features of Mars seen by the Spirit rover
Natural satellites of Mars
History of Mars
- History of Mars observation
- Martian canals
- Classical albedo features on Mars
- Timeline of discoveries of water on 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
Proposed missions to explore Mars
Mars in popular culture
See also
References
- The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, Touchstone, New York, Robert, Zubrin, Richard, Wagner, 1997, 489144963, registration
- Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide, Dorling Kindersley, New York, Martin J., Rees, 160–161, October 2012
External links
- Mars Exploration Program at NASA.gov
- Google Mars and Google Mars 3D, interactive maps of the planet
- Geody Mars, mapping site that supports NASA World Wind, Celestia, and other applications
Images
- Mars images by NASA's Planetary Photojournal
- Mars images by NASA's Mars Exploration Program
- Mars images by Malin Space Science Systems
- HiRISE image catalog by the University of Arizona
Videos
- Rotating color globe of Mars by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Rotating geological globe of Mars Archived 2015-09-08, at web.archive.org by the United States Geological Survey
- by The Science Channel (2012, 4:31)
- Flight Into Mariner Valley by Arizona State University
Cartographic resources
- Mars nomenclature and quadrangle maps with feature names by the United States Geological Survey
- Geological map of Mars by the United States Geological Survey
- Viking orbiter photomap by Eötvös Loránd University
- Mars Global Surveyor topographical map by Eötvös Loránd University
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