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6 paź 2020 · Mars comes closest to Earth every other year, around the time of its opposition, when Earth is sweeping between the sun and Mars. Mars will be at opposition later this month, on October 13,...
31 gru 2023 · It shows the distance between Earth and Mars at every opposition between 2018 and 2033. Mars will reach opposition next in January 2025.
The distance between Earth and Mars at opposition varies from around 0.3728 Astronomical Units (34.6 million miles or 55.7 million kms) at perihelion to 0.6780 AU (63 million miles or 101.4 million kms) at aphelion. This is easily the greatest variation in opposition distance of all the Solar System planets.
In the so-called perihelic opposition Mars is closest to the Sun and is particularly close to Earth: Oppositions range from about 0.68 AU when Mars is near aphelion to only about 0.37 AU when Mars is near perihelion.
4 lut 2022 · According to a NASA fact sheet, due to Mars' eccentric orbit, at its closest (perihelion) Mars is about 128 million miles (206 million km) from the sun and at its farthest distance...
4 lut 2019 · The distance (in Mmi, or millions of miles) between the Earth and Mars at closest approach is also shown. In general, the closer Mars is to perihelion at opposition the closer it is to the Earth, and the closer it is to aphelion at opposition the further it is from the Earth.
The distance between the Earth and Mars varies from 248,700,000 miles, when Mars is in conjunction with the Sun, and may approach within 34,650,000 miles during Perihelic apparitions, or 63,000,000 miles during Aphelic apparitions.
