What is a characteristic of the planet Mars? Share with your friends Share 0 Janvi Panchal answered this edf 1 View Full Answer Aarnon Mishra answered this It is red in colour 1 Lalit Rajpurohit answered this Mars planethad water in Ancient in parts 0 Neha Hirve answered this mars is the fourth planet in the solar system .as the soil on mars contains iron ,its colour is reddish hence mars is also called the red planet and the highest and longest mountain inthe solar system Olympus mons is located on mars. 1