Information	EARTH	MARS
Average Distance from Sun	93 million miles	142 million miles
Average Speed in Orbiting Sun	18.5 miles per second	14.5 miles per second
Diameter	7,926 miles	4,220 miles
Tilt of Axis	23.5 degrees	25 degrees
Length of Year	365.25 Days	687 Earth Days
Length of Day	23 hours 56 minutes	24 hours 37 minutes
Gravity	2.66 times that of Mars	0.375 that of Earth
Temperature	Average 57 degrees F	Average -81 degrees F
Atmosphere	nitrogen, oxygen, argon, others	mostly carbon dioxide, some water vapor
Number of Moons	1	2