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Mars From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This is the current Astronomy collaboration of the week! Please help improve it to featured article standard. Mars Portal For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). For other uses of this term, Mars (disambiguation). Note: This article contains special characters. Mars A composite image of Mars. Orbital characteristics (Epoch J2000)[1] Semi-major axis 227,936,637 km (141,632,976 mi) 1.523 662 31 AU Orbital circumference 1,429,000,000 km (887,900,000 mi) 9.553 AU Eccentricity 0.093 412 33 Perihelion 206,644,545 km (128,402,967 mi) 1.381 333 46 AU Aphelion 249,228,730 km (154.863,553 mi) 1.665 991 16 AU Orbital period 686.9600 d (1.8808 a) Synodic period 779.96 d (2.135 a) Avg. Orbital Speed 24.077 km/s (53,859 mi/h) Max. Orbital Speed 26.499 km/s (59,277 mi/h) Min. Orbital Speed 21.972 km/s (49,150 mi/h) Inclination 1.850 61° (5.65° to Sun’s equator) Longitude of the ascending node 49.578 54° Argument of the perihelion
