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3°8' south of Saturn 44.4° East August 23, 2010 21:29:05 Venus 2°27' south of Mars 44.9° East September 22, 2010 19:53:12 Jupiter 53' south of Uranus 177.8° East September 29, 2010 06:21:23 Venus 6°30' south of Mars 33.7° East October 8, 2010 14:57:51 Mercury 35' south of Saturn 6.5° West October 24, 2010 11:04:41 Mercury 7°11' north of
A triple conjunction between Mars and Jupiter occurred. At the first conjunction on May 26, 929, Mars, whose brightness was −1.8 mag, stood 3.1 degrees south of Jupiter with a brightness of −2.6 mag. The second conjunction took place on July 4, 929, whereby Mars stood 5.7 degrees south of Jupiter. Both planets were −2.8 mag bright.
During the 2020 great conjunction, the two planets were separated in the sky by 6 arcminutes at their closest point, which was the closest distance between the two planets since 1623. [12] The closeness is the result of the conjunction occurring in the vicinity of one of the two longitudes where the two orbits appear to intersect when viewed ...
Six planets will align again on Aug. 28, Jan. 18., 2025 and Aug. 29, 2025. Seven planets will align on Feb. 28, 2025. USA TODAY's Janet Loehrke contributed to this story.
Three planets constitutes a mini alignment. Four planets are a small alignment, which we saw during April 8’s eclipse. Large alignments, like the one we're seeing this June, contain five to six ...
On Jan. 18, 2025, there will be six planets in the alignment: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn. On Feb. 28, 2025, all planets will be on the same side of the sun for a great ...
Areosynchronous orbit (ASO): A synchronous orbit around the planet Mars with an orbital period equal in length to Mars' sidereal day, 24.6229 hours. Areostationary orbit (AEO): A circular areosynchronous orbit on the equatorial plane and about 17,000 km (10,557 miles ) above the surface of Mars.
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 ...