Mars (disambiguation)
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Mars
is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Mars or MARS may also refer to:
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Mars or MARS may also refer to:
- Mars (mythology)Mars (mythology)Mars was the Roman god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter, and he was the most prominent of the military gods worshipped by the Roman legions...
, the Roman god of war - Mars (astrology), a set of qualities and influences
- MARS (oceanography), an acronym for Monterey Accelerated Research System, a cabled-based ocean observatory in Monterey Bay, California
- Mars symbolMars symbolThe Mars symbol is a depiction of a circle with an arrow emerging from it, pointing at at angle to the upper right. In old manuscripts, it is usually interpreted as the shield and spear from the war god Mars/Ares. The symbol has the Unicode entry U+2642. It is used in many fields as a...
, ♂ - Jean-Baptiste BelleyJean-Baptiste BelleyJean-Baptiste Belley was a native of Senegal and former slave from Saint-Domingue in the French West Indies who during the period of the French Revolution became a member of the National Convention and the Council of Five Hundred of France...
, also known as Mars - MarchMarchMarch is in present time held to be the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long....
(month), mars in French, named for the Roman god - A conjugation form of the verb "to mar"
- Mars (Metra)Mars (Metra)Mars is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois. The station is away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Mars is in zone B....
a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois
Businesses and products
- Mars, IncorporatedMars, IncorporatedMars, Incorporated is a worldwide manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products with US$30 billion in annual sales in 2010, and is ranked as the 5th largest privately held company in the United States by Forbes. Headquartered in McLean, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia,...
, a confectioner and food company- Mars BarMars BarMars is a chocolate bar manufactured by Mars, Incorporated. It was first manufactured in Slough, Berkshire in the United Kingdom in 1932 as a sweeter version of the US Milky Way bar which Mars, Inc. produced...
, a chocolate bar produced by Mars, Inc. - Mars familyMars familyThe Mars family is a family that owns the confectionery company Mars, Inc., bearing their name. The family was called the richest family in America by Fortune magazine in 1988, since surpassed by the Walton family....
, the family that owns the above business
- Mars Bar
- Mars (motorcycle)Mars (motorcycle)Mars was a manufacturer in Nürnberg, Germany founded in 1873 that manufactured motorcycles in various periods from 1903 until 1958. Production was interrupted variously by the First World War, hyperinflation in the 1920s and the Second World War...
, a now defunct German motorcycle manufacturer - Mars (supermarket)Mars (supermarket)Mars is a local chain of Grocery stores in metropolitan Baltimore, Maryland. Mars currently operates 19 supermarket locations in the Baltimore area, the latest opened in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland on Wednesday, November 16, 2011...
, a U.S. grocery chain - Mars MusicMars MusicMars Music, Inc. is a now defunct chain of music stores headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company was founded in 1996 by guitarist and former Office Depot president Mark Begelman, who created the superstore store chain after experiencing dissatisfaction with his own music store...
, a now defunct U.S. music store chain - Mars (beer), a type of lambic ale
Film and television
- The Angry Red PlanetThe Angry Red PlanetThe Angry Red Planet is a 1959 science fiction film starring Gerald Mohr and directed by Ib Melchior. The director was given only 10 days to shoot the movie and a budget of $200,000 with which to make it.The movie was made with a CineMagic technique which was applied for all of the scenes on the...
(or Invasion of Mars and Journey to Planet Four), a 1959 science fiction film - Commander Mars, one of the Galactic Commanders from Pokémon
- Mars or Scarface (Kinnikuman), a dMp choujin from Ultimate Muscle
- Mars (1997 film), a 1997 movie starring Shari BelafonteShari BelafonteShari Belafonte is an American actress, model, writer and singer. The daughter of singer Harry Belafonte, she is known for her role as Julie Gilette on the 1980s television series Hotel and as a spokesperson for the diet supplement Slim-Fast during the 1990s.-Personal life:Shari Lynn Belafonte was...
- Mars (2004 film)Mars (2004 film)Mars is a 2004 Russian film, directed and written by Anna Melikian. Set in a small Russian city of Mars, the film tells the story of a professional boxer who has run away from his life to a small Russian town on the coast of the Black Sea....
, a 2004 Russian film - Mars (TV series)Mars (TV series)Mars is a Taiwanese drama starring Barbie Hsu and Vic Chou of F4. It is based on the Japanese shōjo manga series, Mars written by Fuyumi Soryo...
, a 2004 Taiwanese drama series based on the manga by Fuyumi Soryo - Mars (actor)Mars (actor)Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...
, member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team - Mars the Dog, canine star of A Dog's Breakfast
- Mars (Biker Mice from Mars), the planet as it appears in the cartoon series
- Keith MarsKeith MarsKeith Mars is a fictional character on UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN. He is portrayed by Enrico Colantoni....
, fictional TV character - Lianne Mars, fictional TV character
- Mars BlackmonMars BlackmonMars Blackmon is a fictional character in the film She's Gotta Have It , played by its writer/director, Spike Lee. In the film, he is a "Brooklyn-loving", sports-loving, die-hard New York Knicks fan. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, "Mars Blackmon" became the primary pitchman in Nike...
, a character who appeared in She's Gotta Have It and commercials for Air Jordan shoes - Veronica Mars (character)Veronica Mars (character)Veronica Mars is a fictional character in UPN/The CW the television series, Veronica Mars, which aired on the UPN and CW networks from 2004 to 2007. She is portrayed by Kristen Bell.- Background and details of plot :...
, fictional TV character
Literature
- Mars, a novel by Ben Bova in the Grand Tour seriesGrand Tour (novel series)-Summary:The novels present a theme of exploration and colonization of the solar system by humans in the late 21st century. Most of the books focus on the exploration of one particular planet or planetary moon....
- Mars trilogyMars trilogyThe Mars trilogy is a series of award-winning science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the intensely personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning almost two centuries...
, three science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars (Fritz Zorn)Mars (Fritz Zorn)Mars is an autobiographical essay written by Fritz Angst under the pseudonym Fritz Zorn. Adolf Muschg wrote its long and engaged foreword....
, an autobiographical essay by Fritz Angst - Mars (manga)Mars (manga)Mars is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. Initially serialized in Bessatsu Friend from 1996 to 2000, the series spans 15 tankōbon volumes. It follows the disliked teenage romance between Kira Aso, an introverted artist, and Rei Kashino, a troubled playboy who is a...
, a 1996 manga series by Fuyumi Soryo - Mars (Mitsuteru Yokoyama), a 1976 manga series by Mitsuteru YokoyamaMitsuteru Yokoyamawas a Japanese manga artist born in Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Akakage, Babel II, Sally, the Witch, Princess Comet, and adaptations of the Chinese classics Outlaws of the Marsh and...
- The Megaversity Association for Reenactments and Simulations, in Neal Stephenson's novel The Big UThe Big UThe Big U is Neal Stephenson's first published novel, a satire of campus life.- Plot :The story chronicles the disillusionment of a number of young intellectuals as they encounter the realities of the higher education establishment parodied in the story...
- Mars in fictionMars in fictionFictional representations of Mars have been popular for over a century. Interest in Mars has been stimulated by the planet's dramatic red color, by early scientific speculations that its surface conditions might be capable of supporting life, and by the possibility that Mars could be colonized by...
Music
- 30 Seconds to Mars30 Seconds to Mars30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1998. Since 2007, the band has consisted of actor Jared Leto , Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević...
, an American alternative rock band - Mars, disk two of the Red Hot Chili Peppers double album Stadium Arcadium
- Bruno MarsBruno MarsPeter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...
, musician - Mars (B'z album)Mars (B'z album)Mars is the third Mini-Album for the Japanese rock duo B'z. The album sold 1,730,500 copies in total, reaching #1 at Oricon.- Track listing :# - 5:03#Mars - 1:24#Loving All Night ~Octopus Style~ - 5:50#Love & Chain ~Godzilla Style~ - 5:45...
- Mars IllMars ILLMars Ill is an emcee/DJ hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of Gregory Owens and Nathan Corrona . They are also part of the hip-hop collective Deepspace5....
, a Christian hip-hop duo - Mars (band)Mars (band)Mars was a New York City No Wave band formed by vocalist Sumner Crane in 1975. He was joined by China Burg , Mark Cunningham , and artist Nancy Arlen , and briefly by guitarist Rudolph Grey. The band played one live gig under the name China before changing it to Mars...
, a short-lived No Wave band - Mars (Gackt album)
- Mars (rapper)Mars (rapper)Mars is an American Horrorcore rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area.-Biography:In 2005, he received national attention when fan Jeff Weise frequented Mars' website and forum before killing nine people...
, stage name of Mario Delgado, a horrorcore rapper - Mars (song)Mars (song)-Critical reception:Mother Jones ranked "Mars" at #5 on The Best Singles of 2008.-Chart performance:"Mars" became Fake Blood's first single to chart on the Belgian Dance Chart. It peaked at #3 and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart. The single also became Fake Blood's first single on the...
, a single by Fake Blood - "Mars, the Bringer of War", a movement in Holst's The Planets
- Mick MarsMick MarsMick Mars is the lead guitarist for American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Career:After his family relocated from Indiana, to California, Bob Deal dropped out of high school and began playing guitar in a series of unsuccessful blues based rock bands throughout the seventies, taking on menial day...
, lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe - Xueyang "Mars" Ma, member of Mandopop boy band Top CombineTop CombineTop Combine is a Mandopop boy band. The group consists of the members Bird Zhang, Caesar Li, Mars Ma, Kenny Liu, and Tanas Kim. All were professionally trained in singing, dancing, modeling, and language. With the exception of Kim, the other four members of Top Combine were all 2007 contestants...
Military
- HMS Mars (1794)HMS Mars (1794)HMS Mars was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 October 1794 at Deptford Dockyard.-Career:In the early part of the French Revolutionary Wars she was assigned to the Channel Fleet. In 1797 under Captain Alexander Hood she was prominent in the Spithead mutiny...
, 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy - ITL MARSITL MARSThe ITL MARS is a gun sight that combines two sighting devices, a reflex sight and a laser sight. It is designed and produced by ITL Optronics company, based in Israel. The laser may be either visible or infrared and can be activated as need via a pressure switch. It has been purchased by a number...
, a reflex sight made by International Technologies Lasers - JRM MarsJRM MarsThe Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport seaplane originally designed and built in limited numbers for the U.S. Navy during the World War II era...
, flying boat - Mars Automatic PistolMars Automatic PistolThe Mars Automatic Pistol, also sometimes known as the Webley-Mars, was a semi-automatic pistol developed in 1900 by the Englishman Hugh Gabbet-Fairfax and distributed by the Mars Automatic Pistol Syndicate Ltd. of Birmingham. It was manufactured first by Webley & Scott and later by small gunmakers...
, a semi-automatic pistol developed in 1900 - Memory Array RedcodeRedcodeRedcode may refer to:* The programming language used in the simulation game Core War* REDCODE, a video codec used in one model of digital video camera...
Simulator, a machine that simulates a Corewar battle - Military Auxiliary Radio System, an auxiliary communications system of amateur radio operators for the United States armed forces
- Operation MarsOperation MarsOperation Mars was the codename for the Rzhev offensive operation part of the Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation launched by Soviet forces against German forces during World War II. It took place between 25 November and 20 December 1942 in a salient in the vicinity of Moscow...
, codename of the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive, a Soviet offensive during World War II - USS Mars (AFS-1)USS Mars (AFS-1)USS Mars , the third United States Navy ship to bear the name, was laid down by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California, on 5 May 1962; launched on 15 June 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Clyde Doyle, widow of Representative Clyde Doyle of California; and commissioned at Long...
, a supply ship in the United States Pacific Fleet - Mars (Swedish ship), a Swedish warship sank in 1564
Organizations
- Mauritius Amateur Radio SocietyMauritius Amateur Radio SocietyThe Mauritius Amateur Radio Society is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Mauritius. The organization was founded in 1968 by a group of native Mauritians and British expatriates. The Society applied to join the International Amateur Radio Union on March 12,...
- Mongolian Amateur Radio SocietyMongolian Amateur Radio SocietyThe Mongolian Amateur Radio Society is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Mongolia. Key membership benefits of MARS include the sponsorship of amateur radio operating awards and radio contests...
- Mumbai Amateur Radio SocietyMumbai Amateur Radio SocietyThe Mumbai Amateur Radio Society or MARS is an amateur radio club based in Mumbai, India. The club was founded on August 7, 2000 by a group of 25 active hams. Since then it has grown to over two hundred members and is the largest such club in the metropolis...
- Military Armament Research Syndicate, a fictional organization in the G.I. Joe universe
In France
- Mars, slang for MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, as popularised by the French hip hop group IAM - Mars, ArdècheMars, ArdècheMars is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France....
, France - Mars, GardMars, GardMars is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:...
, France - Mars, LoireMars, LoireMars is a commune in the Loire department in central France....
, France - Mars-la-TourMars-la-TourMars-la-Tour is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.-History:The Battle of Mars-La-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-la-Tour....
, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France - Mars-sous-BourcqMars-sous-BourcqMars-sous-Bourcq is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Ardennes, France - Mars-sur-AllierMars-sur-AllierMars-sur-Allier is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.-Demographics:At the 1999 census, the population was 258. On 1 January 2006, the estimate was 272.-References:*...
, Nièvre, France
In the United States
- Mars, California, former name of Outingdale, CaliforniaOutingdale, CaliforniaOutingdale is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on the Middle Fork of the Cosumnes River north of Aukum, at an elevation of 1624 feet ....
- Mars, PennsylvaniaMars, PennsylvaniaMars is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 1,746 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mars is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land....
, U.S. - Mars, Texas, U.S.
- Mars (Metra)Mars (Metra)Mars is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois. The station is away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Mars is in zone B....
a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois
Technology
- Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response SystemCisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response SystemCisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System is a security monitoring tool for network devices. Together with the Cisco Security Manager product, MARS make up the 2 primary components of the Cisco Security Management Suite....
(MARS) - Mars, the code name of Adobe Systems' PDF in XML
- MARS, or Molecular Adsorbents Recirculation System for liver dialysis
- Mars, a West Cornwall Railway locomotive
- MARS (software), Data analysis software for automatic DNA/RNA concentration determination
- MARS (cryptography), a block cipher that was IBM's submission to the Advanced Encryption Standard process.
- Mars (oil platform), the largest oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico
- MARS (ticket reservation system)MARS (ticket reservation system), which stands for MAgnetic electronic seat Reservation System or, more recently, Multi Access seat Reservation System, is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of Japan Railways Group and travel agencies in Japan.The host of the system is located in Kokubunji, Tokyo and...
, a train seat reservation system used in Japan - Mars computer, a family of PDP-10-compatible digital computers built by Systems Concepts
- MaRS Discovery DistrictMaRS Discovery DistrictMaRS Discovery District is a not-for-profit corporation founded in Toronto in 2000. Its stated goal is to commercialize publicly funded medical research with the help of local private enterprises and as such is a public-private partnership....
, a scientific research centre in Toronto - MARS GroupMARS GroupThe Modern Architectural Research Group, or MARS Group, was a British architectural think tank founded in 1933 by several prominent architects and architectural critics of the time involved in the British modernist movement...
, a British architectural think tank founded in 1933 - Mars probe programMars probe programThe Mars program was a series of unmanned spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union between 1960 and 1973. The spacecraft were intended to explore Mars, and included flyby probes, landers and orbiters....
, a series of unmanned craft launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s - Mid-Atlantic Regional SpaceportMid-Atlantic Regional SpaceportThe Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Delmarva Peninsula south of Chincoteague, Virginia.-Background:...
(MARS), a space launch site colocated with NASA Wallops Space Flight Facility on Wallops Island, south of Chincoteague, VA. - Multiple Active Results Sets, a technique used within Microsoft's SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
database management system to enable database connections to be used for multiple purposes - Multivariate adaptive regression splinesMultivariate adaptive regression splinesMultivariate adaptive regression splines is a form of regression analysis introduced by Jerome Friedman in 1991. It is a non-parametric regression techniqueand can be seen as an extension of linear models that...
, a regression analysis technique - Project Mars, Sega's 32XSega 32XThe Sega 32X, codenamed Project Mars, is an add-on for the Mega Drive/Genesis video game console by Sega. Its aim was to increase the lifespan of the aging Mega Drive/Genesis system, which was facing stiff competition from the SNES...
add-on video game console - Memory Array Redcode Simulator, the environment for the competitive programming game Core Wars
Surname
- Alastair MarsAlastair MarsLieutenant Commander Alastair Campbell Gillespie Mars, DSO, DSC and Bar was a Royal Navy World War II submarine commander...
(1915–1985), British World War II submarine commander and author - Chris MarsChris MarsChris Mars is an American artist and musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis, Minnesota alternative rock band The Replacements and later joined informal supergroup Golden Smog before launching a solo career. He is also a painter, and has more or less left music behind to concentrate...
, musician and painter - Ed MarsEd MarsEdward M. Mars was a 19th century major league baseball player. He was a starting pitcher for the Syracuse Stars of the American Association for the last two months of the 1890 season....
(1866–1941), American baseball player - Forrest Mars, Jr.Forrest Mars, Jr.Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. is the eldest son of Forrest Mars Sr. and grandson of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated...
, confectionery magnate - Forrest Mars, Sr. (1904–1999), confectionery magnate
- Franklin Clarence Mars (1883–1934), confectionery magnate
- Jacqueline MarsJacqueline MarsJacqueline Mars is the daughter of Forrest Edward Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated....
, confectionery magnate - John Franklyn Mars, confectionery magnate
- Kenneth MarsKenneth MarsKenneth Mars was an American television, movie, and voice actor. He may be best-remembered for his roles in several Mel Brooks films: the insane Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in 1968's The Producers, and the relentless Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974's Young Frankenstein...
, (born 1936), actor - Mademoiselle MarsMademoiselle MarsMademoiselle Mars, , French actress, was born in Paris, the natural daughter of the actor-author named Monvel and Jeanne-Marie Salvetat , an actress known as Madame Mars, whose southern accent had made her Paris debut a failure.Mlle Mars began her stage career...
(1779–1847), French actress
See also
- Fourth planet (disambiguation)
- MARRSMARRSMARRS was a 1987 one-off recording act formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox which only released one commercial disc...
, the artist who produced Pump Up the Volume - Mars Hill (disambiguation)