Mars yana da matsakaicin nisa daga Sun shine kimanin kilomita miliyan 230 (143 miliyoyin mil), kuma lokacin da yake zagaye yana da kwanaki 687 (Duniya). Ranar rana (ko sol) a kan Mars ne kawai dan kadan fiye da ranar duniya: 24 hours, 39 minutes, da kuma 35.244 seconds. A Martian shekara daidai da 1.8809 Earth shekaru, ko 1 shekara, 320 days, da kuma 18.2 hours. The axial karkatarwa na Mars ne 25.19 dangane da ta kewaye jirgin sama, wanda yake shi ne kama da axial karkatarwa na Duniya. A sakamakon haka, Mars yana da yanayi kamar Duniya, ko da yake a kan Mars sun kusan sau biyu a matsayin dogon saboda ta kewaye lokaci ne da yawa ya fi tsayi. A zamanin yau, da epochation na arewacin Mars pole ne kusa da Deneb star.
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