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2010: The Year We Make Contact (titled on-screen as 2010) is a 1984 American science fiction film written, produced, shot, and directed by Peter Hyams.The film is a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and adapts Arthur C. Clarke's 1982 novel 2010: Odyssey Two.
August 1, 2010 19:41:06 Mars 1°56' south of Saturn 51.5° East August 10, 2010 01:44:26 Venus 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
Mars rover. Contact lost 22 March 2010. MER-B Opportunity: USA: 25 January 2004 ... Sample successfully returned to Earth on 16 December 2020. 7 December 2020
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 ...
In July 2020, the Perseverance rover underwent a 200-day, 300-million-mile journey to reach Mars.After landing in February 2021 in the Jezero Crater, the robot, controlled remotely from Earth, has ...
On 10 July 2010, Rosetta flew by 21 Lutetia, a large main-belt asteroid, at a minimum distance of 3,168 ± 7.5 km (1,969 ± 4.7 mi) at a velocity of 15 kilometres per second (9.3 mi/s). [13] The flyby provided images of up to 60 metres (200 ft) per pixel resolution and covered about 50% of the surface, mostly in the northern hemisphere.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red Planet". [22] [23] Mars is among the brightest objects in Earth's sky, and its high-contrast albedo features have made it a common subject for telescope viewing.
At the Copenhagen summit last summer, the G8 countries set a goal to dramatically limit global warming -- a feat that would require the world to cut its carbon emissions by at least 50% from 1990 ...