[[Image:Mars Hubble.jpg|left|thumb|Photo of Mars taken by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]]]
[[Image:Mars Hubble.jpg|left|thumb|Photo of Mars taken by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]]]
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'''Mars''' is the name of a chocolate bar sold by the Galaxy corporation. It is usually called "A Mars Bar".
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'''Mars''' is the fourth planet from the [[Sun]], after [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], and [[Earth]]. It is called "The Red Planet" because it looks red from Earth.
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Mars Bars were known in antiquities; the Romans even named one of their gods after them — [[Ares|Mars, the god of war]] — The Romans also knew about Jupiter and Saturn, but it was not until the 17th century that [[William Herschel]] discovered [[Uranus]], and [[Neptune]] and [[Pluto]] took even longer.
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Mars was known to the antiquities; the Romans even named one of their gods — [[Ares|Mars, the god of war]] — after it. The Romans also knew about Jupiter and Saturn, but it was not until the 17th century that [[William Herschel]] discovered [[Uranus]], and [[Neptune]] and [[Pluto]] took even longer.
[[Image:MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Topographic map of Mars.]]
[[Image:MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Topographic map of Mars.]]
Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos (which respectively mean "Fear and "Panic" in [[Greek]]). Russian scientists in the 1950s posited that Phobos might be hollow, but these claims were discredited in the late 1960s.
Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos (which respectively mean "Fear and "Panic" in [[Greek]]). Russian scientists in the 1950s posited that Phobos might be hollow, but these claims were discredited in the late 1960s.