The ancient Greeks named the planet Mars after their god of war Ares, then the Romans did the same. Other cultures made links to the red colour and war association too. The red colour of the planet is visible in the night sky.

Mars is the 4th planet from the sun and sits between Earth and Jupiter. It is 78.3 million km further away from the sun than we are, making it a much colder planet.
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