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Mars is a small, cold, rocky planet with a thin atmosphere. It has polar caps made of water ice and carbon dioxide frost. It has the biggest volcano known in the solar system and a huge canyon. It is thought that in the past Mars had oceans but these are no longer apparent.
Here are a few main unique characteristics of Mars that separate it from the other planets in our Solar System:
• It has two natural satellites. Mercury, Venus, and the Earth each have less than two, and Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune each have much more than two.
• It has the largest volcano in our Solar System, Olympus Mons.
• It has the largest canyon in our Solar System, Valles Marineris.
• It is the planet with the second most elliptical (non-circular) orbit in our Solar System, the most elliptical being Mercury.
• It is the planet closest to the asteroid belt.
• Its surface appears red because its soil contains "rusted" iron minerals.
• It is the second smallest planet in the Solar System, the smallest being Mercury.
I don't think Mars has unique (Meaning 'one of a kind') features, except possibly its volcanoes. They are larger than any volcanoes on Earth, and one (Olympus Mons) is the tallest mountain in the Solar System, and the largest volcano in the Solar System. Olympus Mons is 3 times higher than Mount Everest at 29,000 feet above sea level.
One unique characteristic of Mars is its reddish color, which is caused by iron oxide (rust) in its soil. This gives the planet its distinct appearance when viewed from Earth.
One of Mars unique characteristics include having the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. It also has the largest canyon system in the solar system, Valles Marineris.
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