Plate V
Mars
Its rust-red colour comes from oxidised iron in the dust covering its surface. Home to the tallest known volcano in the system, Olympus Mons, and a canyon, Valles Marineris, long enough to stretch across a good part of a continent. Its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, are likely captured asteroids.
| Diameter | 6,779 km |
| Average distance from Sun | 227.9 million km |
| Local year | 687 Earth days |
| Moons | 2 (Phobos, Deimos) |