Since mars is really a yellowish brown why do they call it the red planet?
Gianmarco age 8 Answer: Hi Gianmarco, That is a good question. We know today that Mars has a mixture of colors on its surface like yellows, browns, reds, and even white at the polar caps. We know this because we have big telescopes that can look at Mars from the Earth, and also NASA has sent spacecraft to orbit Mars and to land on its surface. All of these things have given us great pictures, so we know what it really looks like up close. But in ancient times, a long time before telescopes and spaceships, people on Earth just looked up to the sky, and they thought Mars looked dark red. They thought Mars was the color of blood, and they named it for their mythical god of war, which the romans called Mars, and the Greeks called Ares. -Randy Expert: Randel A. Lindemann Lead Mechanical Engineer for the Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Question: How hot does it get on Mars ?(Katie) Answer: At the equator the high on the surface can reach 81 degrees Fahrenhe
