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  2. Orbit of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Orbit of Mars relative to the orbits of inner Solar System planets Orbit of Mars and other Inner Solar System planets An animation to explain the (apparent) retrograde motion of Mars, using actual 2020 planet positions Mars seen through a 16-inch amateur telescope, at 2020 opposition. Mars has an orbit with a semimajor axis of 1.524 ...

  3. Astronomy on Mars - Wikipedia

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    Celestial north pole on Mars Celestial south pole on Mars. The orientation of Mars's axis is such that its north celestial pole is in Cygnus at R.A. 21 h 10 m 42 s Decl. +52° 53.0′ (or more precisely, 317.67669 +52.88378), near the 6th-magnitude star BD +52 2880 (also known as HR 8106, HD 201834, or SAO 33185), which in turn is at R.A. 21 h ...

  4. Astronomical transit - Wikipedia

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    However, because a transit is dependent on the point of observation, the Earth itself transits the Sun if observed from Mars. In the solar transit by the Moon captured during calibration of the STEREO B spacecraft's ultraviolet imaging, the Moon appears much smaller than it does when seen from Earth, because the spacecraft–Moon separation was ...

  5. What Are the North and South Nodes in Astrology?

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    The North and South Nodes, also known as the Lunar nodes, are points in the astrological chart that reveal your patterning, path and purpose. You might’ve seen these cosmic points described as ...

  6. Areocentric orbit - Wikipedia

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    Animation of 2001 Mars Odyssey 's trajectory around Mars from October 24, 2001, to October 24, 2002 2001 Mars Odyssey · Mars. An areocentric orbit is an orbit around the planet Mars. The areo-prefix is derived from Ares, the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mars.

  7. Mare Acidalium quadrangle - Wikipedia

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    The "Face on Mars", of great interest to the general public, is located near 40.8 degrees north and 9.6 degrees west, in an area called Cydonia. When Mars Global Surveyor examined it with high resolution, the face turned out to just be an eroded mesa. [8] Mare Acidalium contains the Kasei Valles system of canyons.

  8. Glossary of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The position of the ascending node with respect to a reference direction, called the longitude of the ascending node, is used along with other parameters to describe an orbit. Contrast descending node. aspect The position of a planet or Earth's Moon with respect to the Sun, as viewed from Earth. [1] asterism

  9. Orbital node - Wikipedia

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    In the case of objects outside the Solar System, the ascending node is the node where the orbiting secondary passes away from the observer, and the descending node is the node where it moves towards the observer. [5], p. 137. The position of the node may be used as one of a set of parameters, called orbital elements, which