Five Surprising Facts about Mars that you probably didn’t know

Five Surprising Facts about Mars that you probably didn't know

Moses Sanchez, Contributor

Fact 1: Gravity on Mars you’d experience 62.5% less gravity than you would on Earth. This means that, if you stand on Mars, you could jump three times as high.

Fact 2:   Mars has so many impact crater on its surface. The most famous, called the Borealis basin, it’s the largest visible impact crater ever found in the solar system.

Fact 3: Mars crust is thicker than Earth’s and is thought to be one piece. It has no tectonic plates unlike Earth’s crust which consists of several moving plates, which could lead to earthquakes.

Fact 4: Mars has the largest steep-walled canyons in the solar system called the Noctis Labyrinthus, and is roughly 13,000 feet deep.

Fact 5: If you driving 100 km/h in a car, it would take 271 years & 221 days to get to Mars from Earth

Source: space-facts

Picture: JPL – NASA