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Fact File: Mars
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The average temperature of Mars is approximately minus sixty degrees Celsius (minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit ).
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Mars is fairly cooler than Earth mostly as it is more further away from the sun.
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Mars' highest mountain is approximately three times as soaring as mount Everest, called Olympus Mons, which is 370 miles (600 km) in diameter.
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Mars has the biggest dust storms in the entire solar system!
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The surface of the Red Planet is likely to have a solid core composed of iron nickel and sulphur.
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The Martian Planet has no global magnetic field.
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Despite the fact Mars and Earth have an equal amount of dry land, Mars is half the diameter of Earth!
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Average distance from the sun: 141,633,260 miles (227,936,640 km).

Mount Olympus
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