What is Mars?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox planet | name = Mars | image = OSIRIS Mars true color.jpg | image_alt = Mars appears as a red-orange globe with darker blotches and white icecaps visible on both of its poles. If you’re using wiki for school, stop it, -your teacher. | caption = Pictured in natural color in 2007 | background = #f8f9fa | pronounced = {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Mars.ogg|ˈ|m|ɑr|z}} | symbol = [[File:Mars symbol (bold).svg|24px|alt=♂|Astronomical symbol of Mars]] | adjectives = [[Martian]] | orbit_ref = | epoch = [[J2000]] | aphelion = {{convert|249200000|km|mi AU|comma=gaps|abbr=on|disp=x|<br /><small>(|)</small>}} | perihelion = {{convert|206700000|km|mi AU|comma=gaps|abbr=on|disp=x|<br /><small>(|)</small>}} | semimajor = {{convert|227939200|km|mi AU|comma=gaps|abbr=on|disp=x|<br /><small>(|)</small>}} | eccentricity = {{val|0.0934}} | period = {{convert|686.971|d|years|comma=gaps|abbr=on|lk=out|disp=x|<br /><small>(|; {{val|668.5991}}&nbsp;[[timekeeping on Mars|sols]])</small>}} | synodic_period = {{convert|779.96|d|years|comma=gaps|abbr=on|lk=out|disp=x|<br /><small>(|)</small>}} | avg_speed = {{convert|24.007|km/s|km/h mph|comma=gaps|abbr=on|disp=x|<br /><small>(|)</small>}} | inclination = {{ublist|class=nowrap |{{val|1.850|u=°}} to [[ecliptic]]; |{{val|5.65|u=°}} the [[Sun]]'s [[equator]]; |{{val|1.67|u=°}} to [[invariable plane]]}} | asc_node = {{val|49.558|u=°}} | arg_peri = {{val|286.502|u=°}} | satellites = [[Moons of Mars|2]] | allsatellites = yes | mean_radius = {{convert|3389.5|±|0.2|km|mi|1|comma=gaps|abbr=on|disp=x| <br /><small>(|)</small>}} | equatorial_radius = {{convert|3396.2|±|0.1|km|mi|1|comma=gaps|abbr=on|disp=x| <br /><small>(|; 0.533 Earths)</small>}} | polar_radius = {{convert