Mars ndiyo nyika yechina kubva kuZuva uye nyika yechipiri kuduku muSolar System mushure meMercury. MuChirungu, Mars inotakura zita ramwari weRoma wehondo, uye inowanzonzi "Red Planet" nokuti iron oxide yakapararira pamusoro payo inopa chimiro chakatsvuka chinosiyana pakati pemitumbi yemuchadenga inooneka kune ziso rakashama. Mars ipuraneti yepasi ine mhepo yakatetepa, ine zvinhu zvepamusoro zvinoyeuchidza zvose zviri zviviri zvemigwagwa yemigwagwa yeMwedzi nemipata, magwenga, uye polar ice caps yePasi. Mubvunzo: chii chinonzi mars?
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