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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron (III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname " the Red Planet ". [21] [22] Mars is among the brightest objects in Earth's sky, and its high-contrast albedo features have made it a common subject for telescope viewing.
- Life on Mars
The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in...
- Moons of Mars
History Early speculation Curiosity's view of the Martian...
- Mars (Mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Latin: Mārs,...
- Human Mission to Mars
Travel to Mars The minimum distance between the orbits of...
- Flag of Mars
Proposed flags Thomas O. Paine's design A flag design...
- History of Mars Observation
Hubble's sharpest view of Mars: Although the ACS “Fastie...
- Phobos (Moon)
Phobos (/ ˈ f oʊ b ə s /; systematic designation: Mars I) is...
- Emirates Mars Mission
The Emirates Mars Mission (Arabic: مشروع الإمارات لاستكشاف...
- Marsquake
Illustration of the shadow zone of a P-wave for Earth....
- Life on Mars
Jun 28, 2011 · June 28, 2011. One of the two original pieces of Nakhla sent to the Smithsonian, virtually untouched since 1911. Photo courtesy of the Natural History Museum. On the morning of June 28, 1911,...
Bergmann Mars. The Bergmann Mars was produced in 1901, and was the first Bergmann design aimed squarely at the military market, with a comparatively powerful 9×23mm Bergmann round. It aroused the interest of a number of armies and was the subject of several trials in competition with the Mauser C96, Mannlicher, Browning and Luger pistols.
- 1901–1910
- Semi-automatic pistol
The Mars is 25% heavier and 30% larger than the Colt 1911, and fires a very similar projectile at 50% higher velocity. Its closest comparison today is the LAR Grizzly in .45 Winchester Magnum. This is a standard Mars, chambered for the 8.5mm Mars cartridge (click to enlarge)
Martian meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed "Black Beauty," weighs approximately 320 g (11 oz). [2] A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on Earth as a meteorite. As of September 2020, 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than ...
- 277 as of 15 September 2020[update]
- Achondrite
Nov 14, 2012 · Gabbet-Fairfax Mars Automatic Pistol. November 14, 2012 Ian McCollum Semiauto pistol 26. The Mars pistol was a development of the turn of the century that would really be more at home in a Jules Verne novel (I would suggest the title “One Thousand Footpounds in a Handgun”) than in the real world. It was a massive handgun, ridiculously ...
March 9, 1911 (Thursday) Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, the company town for the Laffin Rand Powder Company, was leveled by a powder explosion, killing 40 people. [2] The greatest depth of snowfall ever recorded in the United States was measured at Tamarack Flat in California 's Yosemite National Park.
