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  2. 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 ...

  3. Astronomy on Mars - Wikipedia

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    The zodiac constellations of Mars's ecliptic are almost the same as those of Earth — after all, the two ecliptic planes only have a mutual inclination of 1.85° — but on Mars, the Sun spends 6 days in the constellation Cetus, leaving and re-entering Pisces as it does so, making a total of 14 zodiacal constellations.

  4. A Cold Moon and Mars in retrograde? How to watch tonight’s ...

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    A Cold Moon only happens once a year while Mars is in retrograde every 26 months. On Wednesday night, the two events will collide. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

  5. Areostationary orbit - Wikipedia

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    A simulation of a 4-satellite constellation in areostationary orbit . An areostationary orbit, areosynchronous equatorial orbit (AEO), or Mars geostationary orbit is a circular areo­synchronous orbit (ASO) approximately 17,032 km (10,583 mi) in altitude above the Mars equator and following the direction of Mars's rotation.

  6. NASA rover snaps eerie view of the dark Mars sky - AOL

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    It also snaps wondrous views of the planet's extraterrestrial skies.The space agency released an eerie view of the dark Mars sky this week. It's gloomy, just before sunrise. Martian clouds hang in ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Apparent retrograde motion - Wikipedia

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    An animation explaining why the planet Mercury may appear to move "backwards", or retrograde across Earth's sky. Apparent retrograde motion is the apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system, as observed from a particular vantage point.

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

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    Aug. 10—CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. They'll be so close Wednesday, at least from our perspective, that ...