Mars

Mars
Political Specifications
Designation
Affiliation	unaligned
Location	Sol system
Sector	001
Quadrant	Alpha/Beta
World Status	Non-Resource
Orbital Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Class	K
Population Data
Dominant Lifeform

Astronomical Data

Names

• Sol IV
• Mars
• Angaraka
• Areos aster
• Bahram
• Horus
• Mangala
• Ma'adim
• Merih
• al-Mirrikh
• Nergal
• Pyroeis
• Sakit
• Stella Martis

Satellites

Natural

• Phobos
• Deimos

Artificial

None

History

Mars is named after the Roman god of war. In Babylonian astronomy, the planet was named after Nergal, their deity] of fire, war, and destruction, most likely due to the planet's reddish appearance. When the Greeks equated Nergal with their god of war, Ares, they named the planet Ἄρεως ἀστἡρ (Areos aster), or "star of Ares". Then, following the identification of Ares and Mars, it was translated into Latin as stella Martis, or "star of Mars", or simply Mars. The Greeks also called the planet Πυρόεις Pyroeis meaning "fiery". In Hindu mythology, Mars is known as Mangala (मंगल). The planet is also called Angaraka in Sanskrit, after the celibate god of war, who possesses the signs of Aries and Scorpio, and teaches the occult sciences. The planet was known by the Egyptians as "Ḥr Dšr" or "Horus the Red". The Hebrews named it Ma'adim (מאדים)—"the one who blushes"; this is where one of the largest canyons on Mars, the Ma'adim Vallis, gets its name. It is known as al-Mirrikh in both Arabic and Persian, and Merih in Turkish. The etymology of al-Mirrikh is unknown. Ancient Persians named it Bahram, the Zoroastrian god of faith. Ancient Turks called it Sakit. The Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures refer to the planet as the fire star, a name based on the ancient Chinese mythological cycle of Five elements.

Important Locations

• None