is mars really getting closer to earth? or is it a hokes?
2006-08-12 06:24:16 · 4 answers · asked by Chelsea R. 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
YES
Why is Mars so close?
Mars is the next planet out from the Sun, and takes nearly twice as long to go round its orbit. So the two planets approach each other roughly every two years. But their orbits are not circular, and this year Mars is particularly close to the Sun while Earth is farther away from the Sun.
Small changes in the orbits from year to year mean that the close approaches are starting to get closer. But it will be another 284 years before Mars gets nearer still -- and then there will be only about 65,000 miles in it.
The actual distance at closest approach on 27 August will be 55,758,006 km, or 34,646,418 miles -- centre to centre. The exact moment of close approach will be 9.51 am, when Mars is not above the horizon from Britain. But the night before or the night after, when we see Mars from the UK, it will still be within about 2000 miles of its closest.
2006-08-12 06:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by vickydevil000 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not a hokes, it's a hoax. Good kwestchun though.
2006-08-12 06:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by Who's Barry Badarnath? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..we are moving closer to Mars...scientific fact.
2006-08-12 06:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Î δσń'ŧ ĸŋǒŵ.
2006-08-12 06:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by xinnybuxlrie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋