Planets – Mars

Mars is a planet in the solar system and is the 4th closest planet to the sun. The distance from the sun to Mars is over 141 million miles. Mars is the 7th largest planet in the solar system, which makes Mars the 2nd smallest planet in the solar system. Mars is one of the four planets in the solar system that is a rocky planet. These rocky planets are called ‘Terrestrial Planets’.
It’s not known exactly when Mars was discovered and by whom as Mars has been known for a very long time, and is one of the planets that can be seen from Earth without a telescope.