Mountain on Mars, Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system.
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Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system after Mercury. It is roughly half the size of Earth. But there are a few mountains on Mars.
Mars is home to the highest mountain (on a planet) in our solar system. It is a volcano called Olympus Mons. Standing a whopping 24 kilometres high – that’s about three times the height of Mount Everest.
However, an impact crater called Rheasilvia on the asteroid Vesta has a peak that’s even taller than Olympus Mons.
Olympus Mons is also the largest volcano in the solar system. The volume contained by Olympus Mons is about a hundred times that of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Mauna Loa is the tallest volcano on Earth.
What else do we know about Mars?
You could jump around three times higher on Mars than you can on Earth. This is because of the planet’s much weaker gravity.
A day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes. This is only a little bit longer than a day on our planet. A year on Mars, however, is almost twice as long, lasting 687 Earth days. This is because it takes a lot longer than Earth to complete its orbit around the Sun.
Some of the other mountains on Mars are Ascraeus Mons, Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons and more.
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