the god of war and husbandry.-one of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. it is conspicuous for the redness of its light.-the metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet mars.