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List of books set on Mars

2019-12-22T07:28:09Z

Izabela Shopova: Added a book in the list of fiction

[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]]
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!Title
!Author
!Year
!Series and number
! class="unsortable" |Summary
! class="unsortable" |Settlement information
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|The War of the Worlds
|H.G Wells
|1897
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|Martians invade the Earth and seem unstoppable, until the are beaten by the smallest of foes.
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|A Princess of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1912
|Martian Tales #1
|A series of 10 novels with the main Character, John Carter and his adventures on Mars, or Barsoom in the local language.
|Historical interest
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|The Gods of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1913
|Martian Tales #2
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|The Warlord of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1913
|Martian Tales #3
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|Thuvia, Maid of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1916
|Martian Tales #4
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|The Chessmen of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1922
|Martian Tales #5
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|The Master Mind of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1927
|Martian Tales #6
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|A Fighting Man of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1930
|Martian Tales #7
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|Swords of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1934
|Martian Tales #8
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|Synthetic Men of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1938
|Martian Tales #9
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|Llana of Gathol
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1941
|Martian Tales #10
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|John Carter of Mars
|Edgar Rice Burroughs
|1941
|Martian Tales #11
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|The Martian Chronicles
|Ray Bradbury
|1950
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|Famous group of short stories set on Mars, exploration of an ancient civilisation.
|Historical interest
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|The Sands of Mars
|Arthur C. Clarke
|1951
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|Podkayne of Mars
|Robert A. Heinlein
|1963
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|Warriors of Mars
|Edward P. Bradbury
|1965
|Michael Kane #1
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|Blades of Mars
|Edward P. Bradbury
|1965
|Michael Kane #2
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|Barbarians of Mars
|Edward P. Bradbury
|1966
|Michael Kane #3
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|We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
|Phillip K. Dick
|1966
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|Inspiration for the Total Recall movies.
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|Welcome to Mars
|James Blish
|1967
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|Man Plus
|Frederik Pohl
|1976
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|The Greening of Mars
|James Lovelock and Michael Allaby
|1984
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|Mars
|Ben Bova
|1992
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|Red Mars
|Kim Stanley Robinson
|1992
|Mars Trilogy #1
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|Complete development of Mars terraformation. Best series on the subject, solid factual base.
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|Green Mars
|Kim Stanley Robinson
|1992
|Mars Trilogy #2
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|Red Dust
|Paul J. McAuley
|1993
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|Moving Mars
|Greg Bear
|1994
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|Blue Mars
|Kim Stanley Robinson
|1996
|Mars Trilogy #3
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|The Martians
|Kim Stanley Robinson
|1999
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|White Mars
|Brian Aldiss with Roger Penrose
|1999
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|The Road to Mars
|Eric Idle
|1999
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|The Martian Race
|Gregory Benford
|2000
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|The Stone Canal
|Ken Macleod
|2001
|The Fall Revolution #2
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|First Landing
|Robert Zubrin
|2001
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|Red Thunder
|Jon Varley
|2003
|Thunder and Lightning #1
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|The Mars Run
|Chris Gerrib
|2006
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|Red Lightning
|Jon Varley
|2006
|Thunder and Lightning #2
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|Rolling Thunder
|Jon Varley
|2008
|Thunder and Lightning #3
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|The Martian
|Andrew Weir
|2012
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|Good description of an early Martian exploration base. Famous use of potatoes.
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|Red Planet Blues
|Robert J. Sawyer
|2013
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|Dark Lightning
|Jon Varley
|2014
|Thunder and Lightning #4
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|Red Planet
|Robert A. Heinlein
|1949
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|Two teenage boys, sent away to boarding school in the big city on Mars, need to save their hometown and their Martian friend from the nefarious forces of evil.
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|Stranger in a Strange Land
|Robert A. Heinlein
|1961
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|A human born on Mars and raised by Martians comes to Earth to explore its culture. His interactions with humans and his new ideas inevitably change the Earth society.
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|Sirens of Titan
|Kurt Vonnegut
|1959
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|Aelita
|Aleksey Tolstoy
|1923
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|Two Russian engineers arrive on Mars to discover that it is populated by advanced civilisation, ruled by engineers. The Martian princess Aelita reveals that the planet is facing environmental catastrophe. After an uprising is crashed the two engineers are forced to escape and make it back to Earth.
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|Before Mars
|Emma Newman
|2018
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Needed Articles

2019-12-15T21:58:48Z

Izabela Shopova: Added some new Needed Articles to the list

This is the global collection of articles that are needed by [[Marspedia]] and shall be a guide for authors, who want to start new articles without knowing which direction to go. Articles with existing links may need expansion.

==Mars Planetary Science==

*List of Mars Calendars
*Mars' Orbital Position
*The Goldilocks Zone
*Martian "Geomorphology". What processes have shaped Mars?
*Martian geomorphology: What processes have shaped Mars?
*What are the different topologies on Mars?
*[[Dust storms|Global dust storms]]
*What is the date on Mars? What year/season/month is it?
*Upper atmosphere chemical processes
*[[Gravity|What do the differences in gravity show us?]]
*Reflectance and emission spectroscopy
*Mineral identification from satellite, balloon, and aircraft carried instruments
*Multispectral and thermal infrared imaging
*Geological processes that have shaped Mars
*[[In-situ resource utilization|What minerals could be mined on Mars?]]
*Mineral spatial distribution
*Subsurface water or ice deposits
*Surface ice at poles
*Surface elevation profiles and maps
*Martian weather
*[[Mars volcanoes]]
*Martian dichotomy
*[[Toponymy of Mars]]
*[[Moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos)]]
*Organic compounds on Mars
*Liquid water
*Magnetic field

==Mars Spacecraft/Robotic Missions==

*Utility of unmanned missions
*Scientific data (collection/transmission/interpretation)
*Follow the water strategy
*Subsurface search strategy
*On-site organic compound detection
*DNA/RNA analysis chips
*Spectrographic imagery
*Multispectral mineral identification
*Multimission timelines
*Mission sequences
*Current and planned instruments
*Orbital vs. lander vs. robotic exploration
*[[Aerobraking|Aerocapture orbits]]
*[[Mars cycler|Earth-Mars cyclers]]
*[[Fuel|Chemical propellants]]
*[[Nuclear thermal propulsion|Nuclear thermal rockets]]
*[[Ion thruster|Ion propulsion]]
*[[Solar concentrator|Solar mirrors]]
*DNA/RNA analysis chips
*[[Interplanetary communications|Mars to Earth communication systems]]
*[[Areostationary orbit|Equatorial stationary satellites (for communication)]]
*Aeropositioning satellites (analagous to GPS)
*Miniaturized chemical/molecular identification systems
*Laser communication systems
*Advanced sensing
*AI autonomy
*[[3D Printer|3D printing of complex geometries]]
*[[3D Printer|Self-replicating machines]]
*Hybrid machine enhanced biologics
*Exploration missions (list including chronology and instruments)
*Imagery
*Spectroscopy
*[[Interplanetary communications|Communications]]
*Lander mission atmospheric seasonal measurements
*Subsurface drilling and chemical analysis
*Degrees of autonomy
*[[Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator|Solar vs. RTG electrical power sources]]
*[[Research|Regolith sampling and mineral identification]]

==Mars Human Exploration==

*[[Transport from Earth to Mars|Transport options]]
*[[Perchlorate|Perchlorates in regolith]]
*Mars Direct rockets
*Reverse thrust rockets
*Parachute-assisted descent vehicles
*[[Fuel|Methane-oxygen rockets]]
*Aerology and minerology mapping
*[[EVA Suit|Hybrid hard shell EVA suits]]
*[[EVA Suit|Skin-tight mechanical counterpressure suits]]
*[[Funding]]: International, national, and commercial
*Human factors in crew selection
*[[Radiation|Radiation protection: in transit and for exploration missions]]
*Physical fitness for exploration missions
*Cross training in skill sets
*[[Gravity|Health effects of microgravity]]
*Psychological stressors in transit
*Medical training for exploration teams
*Medical equipment for exploration teams
*[[Exobiology|Search for life]]
*[[Atmospheric processing|Oxygen from CO2 atmosphere]]
*[[Atmospheric processing|Organic chemicals and fuel from atmosphere]]
*Exploration and science in simulated marssuits
*Long-duration missions
*Human factors studies

==Mars Human Settlement==

*[[Settlement facilities]]
*[[Transportation|Inter-settlement transportation]]
*[[Rovers|Exploration rovers and rover assistants]]
*[[Starship|Falcon Heavy for nonhuman payloads]]
*[[Starship|Big Falcon Rocket for human/nonhuman payloads]]
*[[Life support|Biosystems to maintain 02/CO2 ratio]]
*[[Water Infrastructure|Distribution of water (liquid and ice) on Mars]]
*[[Potable water treatment|Impurities in water on Mars]]
*[[Settlement|Size and specialization of settlements]]
*[[List of martian products|Manufactured products]]
*[[Martian architecture|Architecture of buildings]]
*[[Transportation|Wheeled vs. railed surface transportation]]
*[[Food|Will Martians eat meat?]]
*[[Settlement systems|How will the Martians communicate across the planet?]]
*[[Energy|Total thermal energy need per capita]]
*[[Energy|Total electrical need per capita]]
*[[Food|100% Mars-sourced food production]]
*Crop choices influenced by ability to thrive in Mars environments
*[[ISRU timeline|The listing and timing of materials produced from Mars resources]]
*[[3D Printer|Additive manufacture (incl. 3D printing)]]
*Will individual settlements establish their own societal rules?
*[[Land|Who owns Mars?]]
*[[Interplanetary commerce|Mars, LEO, Moon trade triangle]]
*[[Terraforming|Increase in pressure needed to allow standing liquid pure water on surface]]
*[[Terraforming|Increase in surface temperature to partially melt polar ice caps]]

==Mars Outreach==

*Mars Society chapters
*Mars Society conferences
*MDRS crews
*Mars Society projects
*Mars Society goals
*[[Mars Foundation]]: About the organization
*[[Hillside settlement]]
*[[Plains settlement]]
*About Marspedia
*The Goals of Marspedia
*Explore Mars
*Mars One
*Mars Journal

==Mars Arts and Literature==

*[[List of books set on Mars|chronology of Mars science fiction]]
*lists of Mars science fiction by plot-line focus
*List of plays
*[[List of movies]]
*List of documentaries
*List of TV Series
*List of computer games
*List of board games
*Accuracy of depiction of Mars in popular culture

Mars volcanoes

2019-12-01T23:02:55Z

Izabela Shopova: Edited Mars volcanoes

Mars today has no active volcanoes. Much of the heat stored inside the planet when it formed has been lost, and the outer crust of Mars is too thick to allow molten rock from deep below to reach the surface. However, Volcanic activity, or volcanism, has played a significant role in the geologic evolution of Mars and it has the largest shield volcanoes in the solar system. Three enormous volcanoes, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes), sit aligned northeast–southwest along the crest of the bulge. The vast Alba Mons (formerly Alba Patera) occupies the northern part of the region.

Olympus Mons stands 26 kilometers (15.5 miles) above the surrounding plains, and is 500 kilometers (300 miles) wide at its base. It is about two and a half times Mount Everest's height above sea level. It is the largest volcano, the tallest planetary mountain, and the second tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System, comparable to Rheasilvia on Vesta. In terms of surface area, Olympus Mons is the second-largest volcano in the solar system, second only to Earth's Tamu Massif. Olympus Mons is the youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars, having formed during Mars's Hesperian Period. It had been known to astronomers since the late 19th century as the albedo feature Nix Olympica (Latin for "Olympic Snow"). Its mountainous nature was suspected well before space probes confirmed its identity as a mountain.

Olympus Mons is located in Mars's western hemisphere at approximately 18.65°N 226.2°E, just off the northwestern edge of the Tharsis bulge. The western portion of the volcano lies in the Amazonis quadrangle (MC-8) and the central and eastern portions in the adjoining Tharsis quadrangle (MC-9).

The western hemisphere of Mars is dominated by a massive volcano-tectonic complex known as the Tharsis region or the Tharsis bulge. This immense, elevated structure is thousands of kilometers in diameter and covers up to 25% of the planet's surface. Averaging 7–10 km above datum (Martian "sea" level), Tharsis contains the highest elevations on the planet. Three enormous volcanoes, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes), sit aligned northeast–southwest along the crest of the bulge. The vast Alba Mons (formerly Alba Patera) occupies the northern part of the region. The huge shield volcano Olympus Mons lies off the main bulge, at the western edge of the province.

Built up by countless generations of lava flows and ash, the Tharsis bulge contains some of the youngest lava flows on Mars, but the bulge itself is believed to be very ancient. Geologic evidence indicates that most of the mass of Tharsis was in place by the end of the Noachian Period, about 3.7 billion years ago (Gya). Tharsis is so massive that it has placed tremendous stresses on the planet's lithosphere, generating immense extensional fractures (grabens and rift valleys) that extend halfway around the planet. The mass of Tharsis could have even altered the orientation of Mars' rotational axis, causing climate changes

Needed Articles

2019-12-01T22:22:18Z

Izabela Shopova: Added a link to Mars volcanoes

This is the global collection of articles that are needed by [[Marspedia]] and shall be a guide for authors, who want to start new articles without knowing which direction to go. Articles with existing links may need expansion.

==Mars Planetary Science==

*List of Mars Calendars
*Mars' Orbital Position
*The Goldilocks Zone
*Martian "Geomorphology". What processes have shaped Mars?
*Martian geomorphology: What processes have shaped Mars?
*What are the different topologies on Mars?
*[[Dust storms|Global dust storms]]
*What is the date on Mars? What year/season/month is it?
*Upper atmosphere chemical processes
*[[Gravity|What do the differences in gravity show us?]]
*Reflectance and emission spectroscopy
*Mineral identification from satellite, balloon, and aircraft carried instruments
*Multispectral and thermal infrared imaging
*Geological processes that have shaped Mars
*[[In-situ resource utilization|What minerals could be mined on Mars?]]
*Mineral spatial distribution
*Subsurface water or ice deposits
*Surface ice at poles
*Surface elevation profiles and maps
*Martian weather
*[[Mars volcanoes]]
*Martian dichotomy
*[[Toponymy of Mars]]
*[[Moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos)]]

==Mars Spacecraft/Robotic Missions==

*Utility of unmanned missions
*Scientific data (collection/transmission/interpretation)
*Follow the water strategy
*Subsurface search strategy
*On-site organic compound detection
*DNA/RNA analysis chips
*Spectrographic imagery
*Multispectral mineral identification
*Multimission timelines
*Mission sequences
*Current and planned instruments
*Orbital vs. lander vs. robotic exploration
*[[Aerobraking|Aerocapture orbits]]
*[[Mars cycler|Earth-Mars cyclers]]
*[[Fuel|Chemical propellants]]
*[[Nuclear thermal propulsion|Nuclear thermal rockets]]
*[[Ion thruster|Ion propulsion]]
*[[Solar concentrator|Solar mirrors]]
*DNA/RNA analysis chips
*[[Interplanetary communications|Mars to Earth communication systems]]
*[[Areostationary orbit|Equatorial stationary satellites (for communication)]]
*Aeropositioning satellites (analagous to GPS)
*Miniaturized chemical/molecular identification systems
*Laser communication systems
*Advanced sensing
*AI autonomy
*[[3D Printer|3D printing of complex geometries]]
*[[3D Printer|Self-replicating machines]]
*Hybrid machine enhanced biologics
*Exploration missions (list including chronology and instruments)
*Imagery
*Spectroscopy
*[[Interplanetary communications|Communications]]
*Lander mission atmospheric seasonal measurements
*Subsurface drilling and chemical analysis
*Degrees of autonomy
*[[Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator|Solar vs. RTG electrical power sources]]
*[[Research|Regolith sampling and mineral identification]]

==Mars Human Exploration==

*[[Transport from Earth to Mars|Transport options]]
*[[Perchlorate|Perchlorates in regolith]]
*Mars Direct rockets
*Reverse thrust rockets
*Parachute-assisted descent vehicles
*[[Fuel|Methane-oxygen rockets]]
*Aerology and minerology mapping
*[[EVA Suit|Hybrid hard shell EVA suits]]
*[[EVA Suit|Skin-tight mechanical counterpressure suits]]
*[[Funding]]: International, national, and commercial
*Human factors in crew selection
*[[Radiation|Radiation protection: in transit and for exploration missions]]
*Physical fitness for exploration missions
*Cross training in skill sets
*[[Gravity|Health effects of microgravity]]
*Psychological stressors in transit
*Medical training for exploration teams
*Medical equipment for exploration teams
*[[Exobiology|Search for life]]
*[[Atmospheric processing|Oxygen from CO2 atmosphere]]
*[[Atmospheric processing|Organic chemicals and fuel from atmosphere]]
*Exploration and science in simulated marssuits
*Long-duration missions
*Human factors studies

==Mars Human Settlement==

*[[Settlement facilities]]
*[[Transportation|Inter-settlement transportation]]
*[[Rovers|Exploration rovers and rover assistants]]
*[[Starship|Falcon Heavy for nonhuman payloads]]
*[[Starship|Big Falcon Rocket for human/nonhuman payloads]]
*[[Life support|Biosystems to maintain 02/CO2 ratio]]
*[[Water Infrastructure|Distribution of water (liquid and ice) on Mars]]
*[[Potable water treatment|Impurities in water on Mars]]
*[[Settlement|Size and specialization of settlements]]
*[[List of martian products|Manufactured products]]
*[[Martian architecture|Architecture of buildings]]
*[[Transportation|Wheeled vs. railed surface transportation]]
*[[Food|Will Martians eat meat?]]
*[[Settlement systems|How will the Martians communicate across the planet?]]
*[[Energy|Total thermal energy need per capita]]
*[[Energy|Total electrical need per capita]]
*[[Food|100% Mars-sourced food production]]
*Crop choices influenced by ability to thrive in Mars environments
*[[ISRU timeline|The listing and timing of materials produced from Mars resources]]
*[[3D Printer|Additive manufacture (incl. 3D printing)]]
*Will individual settlements establish their own societal rules?
*[[Land|Who owns Mars?]]
*[[Interplanetary commerce|Mars, LEO, Moon trade triangle]]
*[[Terraforming|Increase in pressure needed to allow standing liquid pure water on surface]]
*[[Terraforming|Increase in surface temperature to partially melt polar ice caps]]

==Mars Outreach==

*Mars Society chapters
*Mars Society conferences
*MDRS crews
*Mars Society projects
*Mars Society goals
*[[Mars Foundation]]: About the organization
*[[Hillside settlement]]
*[[Plains settlement]]
*About Marspedia
*The Goals of Marspedia

==Mars Arts and Literature==

*[[List of books set on Mars|chronology of Mars science fiction]]
*lists of Mars science fiction by plot-line focus
*List of plays
*[[List of movies]]
*List of documentaries
*List of TV Series
*List of computer games
*List of board games
*Accuracy of depiction of Mars in popular culture

Moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos)

2019-11-30T09:08:17Z

Izabela Shopova: Created page with "The planet Mars has two moons - Phobos and Deimos. They are irregular in shape and significantly smaller than the Earth's Moon. Phobos has a diameter of 22.2 km (13.8 mi) an..."

The planet Mars has two moons - Phobos and Deimos. They are irregular in shape and significantly smaller than the Earth's Moon.

Phobos has a diameter of 22.2 km (13.8 mi) and a mass of 1.08×1016 kg, while these measures for Deimos are 12.6 km (7.8 mi) and 2.0×1015 kg. Phobos orbits closer to Mars, with a semi-major axis of 9,377 km (5,827 mi) and an orbital period of 7.66 hours; Deimos's semi-major axis is 23,460 km (14,580 mi) with an orbital period of 30.35 hours.

Both Phobos and Deimos were discovered by Asaph Hall in August 1877 and are named after the Greek mythological twin characters Phobos and Deimos who accompanied their father, the god of war (know to Romans as Mars), into battle.

Toponymy of Mars

2019-11-30T09:00:22Z

Izabela Shopova: Created page with "Toponymy is the study of place names. Mars has a rich diversity of toponyms. The oldest currently in use were proposed by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in his l..."

Toponymy is the study of place names. Mars has a rich diversity of toponyms. The oldest currently in use were proposed by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in his late 19th-century maps, drawn from telescopic observations.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU, founded in 1919), the organisation that officially determines planetary nomenclature, adopted many of Schiaparelli’s names in 1958.

New names for Martian features continue to be incorporated to this day, as ongoing spacecraft missions to the Red Planet add to our understanding of Martian geography.

List of books set on Mars

2019-11-30T08:30:06Z

Izabela Shopova: Added 2 books - Stranger in a Strange Land , Sirens of Titan