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Mars (other)
Mars is a planet in the Solar System. Mars also commonly refers to: *Mars (mythology), the Ancient Roman god of war, equivalent to the Greek god ''Ares'' *Mars, Incorporated, a confectioner and food company *Mars (chocolate bar), produced by Mars, Inc. Mars may also refer to: Biology and medicine *MARS (gene), a human enzyme *Medication Administration Record Sheet *MARS, the Liver support system#The MARS System, Molecular Adsorbents Recirculation System for liver dialysis Geography *Mars Glacier, Alexander Island, Antarctica Canada *MaRS Discovery District, a scientific research centre in Toronto *McGill Arctic Research Station, Nunavut, Canada France *Mars, Ardèche, France *Mars-sous-Bourcq, Ardennes, France *Mars, Gard, France *Mars, Loire, France *Mars-la-Tour, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France *Mars-sur-Allier, Nièvre, France United States *Monterey Accelerated Research System, a cabled-based ocean observatory in Monterey Bay, California *Mars, California, a populated place *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere (less than 1% that of Earth's), and has a crust primarily composed of elements similar to Earth's crust, as well as a core made of iron and nickel. Mars has surface features such as impact craters, valleys, dunes and polar ice caps. It has two small and irregularly shaped moons, Phobos (moon), Phobos and Deimos (moon), Deimos. Some of the most notable surface features on Mars include Olympus Mons, the largest volcano and List of tallest mountains in the Solar System, highest known mountain in the Solar System and Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar System. The North Polar Basin (Mars), Borealis basin in the Northern Hemisphere covers approximately 40% of the planet and may be a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars, California
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California. Operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), its main purpose is to track and communicate with interplanetary space missions. It is named after Goldstone, California, a nearby gold-mining ghost town. The station is one of three satellite communication stations in the NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program’s Deep Space Network (DSN), whose mission is to provide the vital two-way communications link that tracks and controls interplanetary spacecraft and receives the images and scientific information they collect. The others are the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain and the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Australia. These three stations are located at separations of approximately 120° longitude so that as the Earth rotates a spacecraft will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ultimate Muscle Characters
The following is a list of characters who appear in Yudetamago's manga and anime series ''Ultimate Muscle''/''Kinnikuman Nisei''. Prologue of a Legend~Hercules Factory Arc ;Mantaro Kinniku (キン肉万太郎 ''Kinniku Mantarō'') / Mantaro Kinnikuman/Mantaro Muscle (Kid Muscle) : Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka/ Marc Thompson (US). Homeland: Planet Kinniku, Age: 14 (Choujin Olympics: 15, Ultimate Tag: 16), Height: 176cm/5'9", Weight: 83kg/189lbs., Chojin Power: 930,000. The main character of the story. He is the 59th prince of Planet Muscle (Planet Kinniku) and son the first Kinnikuman, Suguru Muscle and Belinda/Bibinba. Raised during times of peace, he is a spoiled, cowardly, lazy teenager, much like his father was at the beginning of the first series except with more emphasis on cowardice and less on clumsiness. He usually start matches off in a cowardly state, only managing to get a few good moves in due to luck. However, when his friends are in trouble or his opponent is being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pokémon Characters
This is a list of characters in the ''Pokémon'' franchise, including the Pokémon (video game series), games. Characters may appear in multiple continuities, sometimes in the same basic role (e.g. #Team Rocket/Neo Team Rocket, Giovanni) and sometimes in very different roles (e.g. Brock (Pokémon), Brock). All references to the "video games" collectively refer to Pokémon Red and Blue, ''Pokémon Red'', ''Green'', ''Blue'', ''Pokémon Yellow, Yellow'', Pokémon Gold and Silver, ''Gold'', ''Silver'', ''Pokémon Crystal, Crystal'', Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', Pokémon Colosseum, ''Colosseum'', Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, ''FireRed'', ''LeafGreen'', ''Pokémon Emerald, Emerald'', Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, ''XD: Gale of Darkness'', Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, ''Diamond'', ''Pearl'', ''Pokémon Platinum, Platinum'', Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, ''HeartGold'', ''SoulSilver'', Pokémon Black and White, ''Black'', ''White'', Pokémon Black 2 and Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Armament Research Syndicate
Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, usually referred to simply as Destro, is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books, and cartoon series. He is the leader of the Iron Grenadiers, and founder of M.A.R.S. Industries, a weapons manufacturer and supplier for Cobra. Destro is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in the 2009 live-action film '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''. Profile Born in Callander, Scotland, Destro's full name is James McCullen Destro XXIV, and he is Laird of the Castle Destro in the Scottish Highlands. The Destro clan has designed and sold weapons for centuries, and Destro is the faceless power behind their current incarnation—M.A.R.S. (Military Armament Research Syndicate), a state-of-the-art weapons manufacturer and one of the largest multinational corporations in the world.Mark Bellomo, ''The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe: 1982-1994'', 2nd edn. (Iola, Wi: Krause Publications, 2009), 36, quoting Larry Hama's 1983 prototy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars (Biker Mice From Mars)
''Biker Mice from Mars'' is an American science fiction action animated series created by Rick Ungar. The series premiered in syndication the week of September 19, 1993. It consists of three seasons of 65 episodes, with the final episode airing in syndication the week of February 24, 1996. The show follows three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escape a war on their home planet Mars before arriving to defend the Earth from the evil that destroyed their homeland (the Plutarkians) and to one day return to Mars. The mice's signature weapons consist of a cestus and a laser pistol (Throttle), a bionic arm with built-in laser blaster (Modo), and flares (Vinnie). Despite the frequent battles, no blood is shown, and many villains are monsters, aliens, and robots. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Marvel Productions. The series is not available on Disney+. Plot On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars (Doctor Who)
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has appeared as a setting in works of fiction since at least the mid-1600s. It became the most popular celestial object in fiction in the late 1800s as the Moon was evidently lifeless. At the time, the predominant genre depicting Mars was utopian fiction. Contemporaneously, the mistaken belief that there are canals on Mars emerged and made its way into fiction. ''The War of the Worlds'', H. G. Wells' story of an alien invasion of Earth by sinister Martians, was published in 1897 and went on to have a large influence on the science fiction genre. Life on Mars appeared frequently in fiction throughout the first half of the 1900s. Apart from enlightened as in the utopian works from the turn of the century, or evil as in the works inspired by Wells, intelligent and human-like Martians also began to be depicted as decadent, a portrayal that was popularized by Edgar Rice Burroughs in the ''Barsoom'' series and adopted by Leigh Brackett among other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars (Black Clover)
The ''Black Clover'' manga and anime series features an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Yūki Tabata. ''Black Clover'' focusses on Asta’s journey on becoming a wizard king in a world where everyone has magic, whereas Asta has none. Main characters Asta : is an orphan who was left under the care of a church by his mother during his infancy. He has high aspirations of becoming the next Wizard King. He possesses no magical power, but he overcame his weakness by increasing his physical strength, which allowed him to join the Magic Knight Squad known as the Black Bulls after acquiring a five-leaf clover grimoire where the Anti-Magic devil Liebe resides. The grimoire allows him to use Anti-Magic effectively due to his lack of mana, later honing his senses to predict an opponent's attack by sensing their '' ki''. Asta originally used the magic-nullifying Demon-Slayer Sword and the magic-siphoning Demon-Dweller Sword he acquired at a dungeon, later acquiring the Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars, Chernihiv Oblast
Mars is a village in Ukraine, in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. It belongs to Semenivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is 5 persons; in the early 2000s 30 persons lived in the village. Until 18 July 2020, Mars belonged to Semenivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Semenivka Raion was merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion. Name In 1924, when the planet Mars was in opposition to Earth, the Soviet government decided to give the name "Mars" to this village. Population In the USSR it had a population of 265. By 1995 the total population had decreased and was only 46 people. In the early 2000s this number reduced again to 30, in 2018 to 6, and in 2019 to 5, the members of two families. Tesla photo On 1 February 2019, a journalist from Ukrainian ''Pravda'' with support from the Ukrainian company «El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars, Texas
Mars is a ghost town in Van Zandt County, Texas Van Zandt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the northeastern part of the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 59,541. Its county seat is Canton. The county is named for Isaac Van Zandt (1813–1847), a memb ..., United States. Once a retail center for the surrounding community, all that remains of the settlement is a church. History Mars was settled by brothers John and Henry Marrs. The settlement was a retail trading center, and had two mercantile stores, a blacksmith shop, and a cotton gin and grist mill. The Pleasant Ridge Church and school were established in 1871. In 1916, the school consolidated to form the Clower Common School District ( Clower is located approximately north of Mars). In 1891, a post office was established, originally called "Acme". The name was changed to "Mars" seven years later. The post office closed in 1907. The population of Mars was over 100 in 1915, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars, Pennsylvania
Mars is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in southern Butler County, Pennsylvania, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,458 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area. History In 1873, Samuel Parks constructed a home and a water-powered gristmill along Breakneck Creek. Parks decided to have a post office placed in his home, so he received help from his friend Samuel Marshall to help establish it. The name of the post office became Overbrook.''An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County, Pennsylvania'', pp. 228. In 1877, the Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad was constructed through Overbrook, and had a station built there. In 1882, the name of the community was changed to Mars since the railroad already had a stop with the name "Overbrook". No one is sure how the name "Mars" came into being. Some say it was Park's wife who enjoyed astronomy, while others believe it was shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars, Nebraska
Mars is a ghost town in Knox County, Nebraska. The site is now the location of a campsite named the Historic Mars Campground. History The town of Jessup, Nebraska was established in 1879 in anticipation of becoming a stop on a railroad line. When no railroad came through, Jessup went into decline and lost its post office. To regain mail service, residents proposed a new post office 100 yards north, across the county line in Knox County. In 1886 the new settlement was named Mars to complement the nearby town of Venus, Nebraska Venus is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Venus in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1959. The community was named for Venus Venus i .... The town's population never exceeded 100 people. Mars had lost its general store by 1897, and the post office closed in 1910. The school became Mars' longest surviving establishment; classes were held in Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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