2006-08-02 18:55:43 · 13 answers · asked by Garry H 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Mars is currently 2.5 AU from the Earth and is currently receding from us.It will continue to get more distant for the next two months reaching a distance of about 2.6 AU before it will slowly begin to get closer to the Earth again.
You have however missed Mars's closest approach. This occurred almost 3 years ago on 27 August 2003 when Mars came as close to the Earth as it has ever done in almost 60000 years.
(NB 1 AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun)
2006-08-02 19:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by John H 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Last year or the year before Mars came closest to the Earth it had been it at least a century, and it is still very easy to find in the sky. Im guessing its starting to get farther away now rather than closer.
2006-08-02 19:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but apparently on August 27th, Mars will be nearer to the Earth than it has been for who knows how many years. It's seemingly the only chance we will have in our lifetimes to get as good a look at the red planet. Might be worth scanning the skies that night.
2006-08-02 19:38:08 · answer #3 · answered by The librarian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as i have been thinking the about same question this early in the morning, i have researched this and found it is getting closer to the moon than the earth.
2006-08-02 19:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by Sara T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if mars was getting closer, it would get closer to earth and the moon.
2006-08-02 18:59:52 · answer #5 · answered by Hauss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which side of earth the moon is currently revolving around.
2006-08-02 18:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by Sulli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting closer to astronauts as technology and science advances...
2006-08-02 19:00:28 · answer #7 · answered by tls.bhaskar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have been 'just good friends' for a long time but I hear are moving apart, slowly but moving apart none the less ..
2006-08-02 19:00:27 · answer #8 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. It is still as far away from earth as it was.
2006-08-02 18:59:16 · answer #9 · answered by Naval Architect 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I am feeling like I could be there.
2006-08-02 19:00:02 · answer #10 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋