Mars

Characteristics of Astronomic Body
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, and the last planet in the inner ring before the asteriod belt. It is often refered to as the red planet or the Matian planet. Mars on average is roughly 230 million km with a with an orbital year of 687 days, and each day lasts 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds, to fully rotate.

The planet mars is red and has a mass of 641910000000000000000000 kilograms, and a circumference of 1,366,900,000 km and has a minimum and maximum tempeture of -87 to -5 degrees celsius.

Symbols and Duties of Mythological Figure
The 2 main symbols of Mars is The Wild Boar and the Bloody Spears. He also took The dog as his animal, and the vulture as his bird. He is the god of war, he was feared and loved by all warriors, the greeks hated him and Homer spoke of him as a coward who would let out a yell of pain and would run off any time he was injured. But the Romans loved and worshiped him, and they would see him as a warrior who fought in shinning armor, and they would charge into battle in hopes of either a victory or a warriors death because it seemed honorable and pleased Mars.

Birth Story of Mythological Figure
Mars Is the OffSpring of The Gods Jupiter and Juno and he is said to be the incarnation of Juno's rage because of jupiter's affairs with literally everyone. (Including Men and Animals(weird!)

Popular Story of Mythological Figure
Mars does not actually have his own stories but he appears in many of them. It was said that after Hercules finished with his labours that he and Mars fought and Mars was defeated and sent back to mount olympus in discrace. And after Hercules killed himself because he was poisoned by his wife, and then when to a chapel and layed in a fire untill he died. Jupiter demanded him made a god, when he was being introduced to all the gods Mars turneed his back on him in disrespect even though they had all ready met but in the end he was forced to shake hands with him but he did it very rudely.

Mars and the goddess Venus had an affair which severly agravated Vulcen the god of the forge. When Vulcan complained to Jupiter he laughed in his face and mocked him, because vulcan to please Venus made her a girdle that made anyone who saw her in it fall madly in love with her. (not a very good idea and really how are you gonna get made that she is cheating on you after you make her something that does that.) But he devised a plan to humiliate them and one time while they were together vulcan set a trap. He had a net that fell down onto them and it was so strong and big that it traped them inside of it and became such a tangled mess that even Mars could not rip himself out of it. And after he had caught them in the act Vulcan invited the rest of the gods into the room where they laughed and mocked them while they when trapped.

Myth or Science Connection
I believe that the name Mars for the planet is perfect for it. Mars is a dead planet that looks like it has gone through a incredible battle to the point that the land was stained red with the blood of the combatants who fought there. The land alone is a waste land that is full of crevices and canyons that look as though the god Mars himself took a blade to the land and sliced his rage into.

And long ago there may have been a battle and when a warrior was looking up at the sky on a clear not, he may have saw this red ball glowing in the sky and might have thought that Mars is pleased by the bloodshed of the earlier hours of that day.

Wilson, Jim. "Mars: Facts and figures."//NASA. 8// december 2009
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