Question

Which of the following Planets is also known as ‘Red Planet’?
1. Mars
2. Venus
3. Mercury
4. Jupiter

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mars

The correct answer is Mars.

• Mars is also known as the ‘Red Planet’.

• Its red color is due to the presence of iron oxide on the surface of Mars.
• It has two satellites are Phobos and Deimos, while the planet Venus is called ‘dawn star’ and ‘evening star’.
• Both satellites of Mars discovered in 1877 by astronomer Hall, who named them for the Latin terms “fear” and “panic”.
• Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a cold, dusty, desert world with a thin atmosphere.
• Olympus Mons is the largest volcano within the known universe.
• It measures some 600 km across and rises nearly 27 km above the encompassing terrain.

• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest planet.
• Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
• Copernicus is known as the inventor of the Solar System.