However, Earth's density is higher than that of Mars – 5.514 g/cm 3 compared to 3.93 g/cm 3 (or 0.71 Earths) – which indicates that Mars' core region contains more lighter elements than Earth's.

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It takes Mars 687 Earth days to make its trip around the sun, compared with the Earth’s 365 days. That means that Earth makes about two turns around the sun to every one that Mars makes.

Mars has a diameter of about 4,212 miles (6,779 km), compared to Earth's diameter of about 7,918 miles (12,742 km), and Earth is almost seven times larger in total volume.

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For comparison, the SeaStar spacecraft in Earth orbit follows a very similar orbit: it’s the diameter to altitude ratio is 17.5:1 (12,760 km or 7,928 mi diameter relative to a 705 km or 438 mi ...

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