how far is mars from earth?

Answer 1

Billions of Miles from earth

Answer 2

When Earth and Mars are on the same side of the Sun, they can approach to within 55 million kilometers (34 million miles) of each other. However, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun, Mars can be more distant - up to 399 million kilometers (248 million miles) away.

Answer 3

as we talk (4 Sep 2008), Mars is two.428 AU (363.2 million kilometers) from Earth interior the constellation Libra. this is in approximate conjunction with Venus and Mercury, too. Mars can get as close as 0.3727 AU to Earth. this is fifty 5.8 million kilometers. Mars is by no skill further from Earth than 2.6762 AU. this is four hundred.4 million kilometers.

Answer 4

When Earth and Mars are on the same side of the Sun, they can approach to within 55 million kilometers (34 million miles) of each other. However, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun, Mars can be more distant - up to 399 million kilometers (248 million miles) away. so well thats how far it is.

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Answer 5

Mars at its closest approach to Earth is about 35 million miles away and 35 million miles away. At its greatest distance from the Earth the trip would be about 250 million miles,

Answer 6

The planets do not revolve around the sun in circular orbits, instead they revolve in elliptical orbits and so the distances between the planets varies over time throughout those orbits. However to make the vast distances involved easier to understand and calculate, scientists use fixed values to the different orbits. These values are known as Astronomical Units and are calculated from the average distance from the earth to the sun. The distance from the earth to the sun is roughly 149,598,000 kilometres or 93,000,000 miles. This distance is then 1 AU. The distance from the earth to mars is then 1.5 AU or 1.5 times 93,000,000 miles.

Answer 7

It depends on when you ask, because both orbit the sun. When they are at thier closest, or at opposition, they are about .5 AU apart, or 47 million miles. When they are at thier furthest apart, on opposite sides of the sun, they are about 2.5AU or 232 million miles.

Earth 1 AU (93,000,000 mi)
Mars 1.5 AU

Opposition (1.5 - 1 AU) = .5 AU

Opposite sun (1.5 + 1) = 2.5 AU

Answer 8

I'm not sure but from Mars to the Sun is about 141,620,000 miles.

Answer 9

35 million miles

Answer 10

The distance between Mars and Earth is constantly changing as they travel in their orbits around the Sun. Here are the results for the cases where they are both on a line on the same side of the Sun (min distance) and both on a line on opposite sides of the Sun (max distance)

Earth Avg Dia (km)12756
Earth Avg Dist from sun (km)149,597,890
Mars Avg Dist from sun (km)227,936,640
Min dist (km)78,338,750
Max dist (km)377,534,530
Distance scale factor (inches/km)0.000039197241
(0.5 inch/12756 km)

Min dist
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3071 inches
255.9 feet
85.3 yards
0.048 miles


Max dist
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14798 inches
1233.2 feet
411.1 yards
0.234 miles

Source(s):

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/special/...