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Earth and Moon transiting the Sun in 2084, as seen from Mars. Image created using SpaceEngine Earth and Moon from Mars, as photographed by the Mars Global Surveyor. A transit of Earth across the Sun as seen from Mars takes place when the planet Earth passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun's disc for an observer on 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 ...
The maximum angular separation of the Earth and Moon varies considerably according to the relative distance between the Earth and Mars: it is about 25′ when Earth is closest to Mars (near inferior conjunction) but only about 3.5′ when the Earth is farthest from Mars (near superior conjunction). For comparison, the apparent diameter of the ...
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Near-Earth asteroid (285263) 1998 QE 2 will pass Earth at a distance of 0.038 AU (5.7 million km; 3.5 million mi). [61] 2221 Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn: 2223 December 2 At 12:39 UTC, Mars will occult Jupiter, this comes after a gap of 836 Earth years. [31] [42] 2227 Pluto's orbit takes it closer to the Sun than Neptune. [62] 2238/2239
It’s a term used by astronomers to describe when Earth, Mars and the Sun align. When this happens, Earth sits directly between Mars and the Sun, positioning the red planet directly opposite of ...
The next time a mutual planetary transit or occultation will happen (as seen from Earth) will be on 22 November 2065 at about 12:43 UTC, when Venus near superior conjunction (with an angular diameter of 10.6") will transit in front of Jupiter (with an angular diameter of 30.9"); however, this will take place only 8° west of the Sun, and will therefore not be visible to the unaided/unprotected ...
Date Time UTC Planet Angle distance Planet Elongation to Sun January 4, 2005 07:04:06 Venus 7°27' south of Pluto 20.8° West January 5, 2005 00:58:49 Mercury 6°59' south of Pluto 21.6° West January 14, 2005 00:40:51 Mercury 21' south of Venus 18.5° West January 29, 2005 07:05:35 Mars 8°15' south of Pluto 45,5° West February 8, 2005 01:29:22