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  2. Mars Is About To Be at Its Brightest Since 2022—Here ... - AOL

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    It will be visible in the constellation Gemini and will appear in the eastern part of the sky as night falls shortly after sunset (around 3:00 UTC per EarthSky.org, AKA 10 p.m. EST) and then be in ...

  3. Astronomy on Mars - Wikipedia

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    An observer on Mars would be able to see the Moon orbiting around the Earth, and this would easily be visible to the naked eye. By contrast, observers on Earth cannot see any other planet's satellites with the naked eye, and it was not until soon after the invention of the telescope that the first such satellites were discovered ( Jupiter 's ...

  4. Mars - Wikipedia

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    Mars is scarred by a number of impact craters: a total of 43,000 observed craters with a diameter of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) or greater have been found. [98] The largest exposed crater is Hellas, which is 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) wide and 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) deep, and is a light albedo feature clearly visible from Earth.

  5. Orbit of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Extra-close oppositions of Mars happen every 15 to 17 years, when we pass between Mars and the Sun around the time of its perihelion (closest point to the Sun in orbit). The minimum distance between Earth and Mars has been declining over the years, and in 2003 the minimum distance was 55.76 million km, nearer than any such encounter in almost ...

  6. Suddenly, Mars Is Spinning Faster. No One Knows Why. - AOL

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    Researchers have discovered that Mars’s rotation is speeding up. Here's what's happening.

  7. How to see rare ‘planetary parade’ in UK this weekend - AOL

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    These multi-planet viewing opportunities aren’t super rare, but they don’t happen every year, so it’s worth checking it out.” Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus will be visible with the ...

  8. Mars sol - Wikipedia

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    Sol (borrowed from the Latin word for sun) is a solar day on Mars; that is, a Mars-day. A sol is the apparent interval between two successive returns of the Sun to the same meridian (sundial time) as seen by an observer on Mars. It is one of several units for timekeeping on Mars. A sol is slightly longer than an Earth day.

  9. Mars and Jupiter get chummy in the night sky. The ... - AOL

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    Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. In reality, our solar system’s biggest planet and its dimmer, reddish neighbor will be more than 350 ...