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  2. Astronomy on Mars - Wikipedia

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    Phobos orbits so fast (with a period of just under one third of a sol) that it rises in the west and sets in the east, and does so twice per sol; Deimos on the other hand rises in the east and sets in the west, but orbits only a few hours slower than a Martian sol, so it spends about two and a half sols above the horizon at a time.

  3. Extraterrestrial sky - Wikipedia

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    The sky is thus rather bright during the daytime and stars are not visible. The Martian northern pole star is Deneb, [19] although the actual pole is somewhat offset in the direction of Alpha Cephei; it is more accurate to state that the top two stars of the Northern Cross, Sadr and Deneb, point to the north Celestial pole of Mars. [20]

  4. 'Googly eye' spotted in Mars sky by Perseverance rover - AOL

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    Microbial Life May Exist In Martian Frozen Water Pools, Study Finds. According to NASA, this partial eclipse from Phobos is visible on Mars several times in a Martian year. Perseverance has seen ...

  5. Rover captures peculiar ‘googly eye’ in the Martian sky - AOL

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    The tiny moon is drawing closer to Mars at a rate of 6 feet (1.8 meters) every 100 years, and it will either crash into Mars in 50 million years or break up and become a ring around the planet.

  6. Mars and Jupiter as close in night sky as they'll be until 2033

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    The closest in the past 1,000 years was in 1761, when Mars and Jupiter appeared to the naked eye as a single bright object, according to Giorgini. Looking ahead, the year 2348 will be almost as close.

  7. Mars hoax - Wikipedia

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    Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3:00 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m.

  8. Mars rover sky watches, and spots a weird Martian moon - AOL

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    While peering up at the hazy Martian sky, NASA's Perseverance rover recently spotted one of Mars' irregularly-shaped moons.The moon, Deimos, is relatively small at 7.5 miles wide, so it appears as ...

  9. Orbit of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Mars comes closer to Earth more than any other planet save Venus at its nearest—56 million km is the closest distance between Mars and Earth, whereas the closest Venus comes to Earth is 40 million km. Mars comes closest to Earth every other year, around the time of its opposition, when Earth is sweeping between the Sun and Mars. Extra-close ...