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August 1, 2010 19:41:06 Mars 1°56' south of Saturn 51.5° East August 10, 2010 01:44:26 Venus 3°8' south of Saturn 44.4° East August 23, 2010 21:29:05 Venus 2°27' south of Mars 44.9° East September 22, 2010 19:53:12 Jupiter 53' south of Uranus 177.8° East September 29, 2010 06:21:23 Venus 6°30' south of Mars 33.7° East October 8, 2010
7 August, 01:00: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation: 10 August, 03:09: New moon: 10 August, 18:00: ... This page was last edited on 31 July 2010, at 21:16 (UTC).
In August 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered the two moons of Mars using a 660 mm (26 in) telescope at the U.S. Naval Observatory. [55] The names of the two satellites, Phobos and Deimos , were chosen by Hall based upon a suggestion by Henry Madan , a science instructor at Eton College in England.
The closest in the past 1,000 years was in 1761, when Mars and Jupiter appeared to the naked eye as a single bright object, according to Giorgini. Looking ahead, the year 2348 will be almost as close.
It also snaps wondrous views of the planet's extraterrestrial skies.The space agency released an eerie view of the dark Mars sky this week. It's gloomy, just before sunrise. Martian clouds hang in ...
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3:00 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m.
Mars sky at sunset, as imaged by Mars Pathfinder (June, 1999). Mars sky at sunset, as imaged by the Spirit rover (May, 2005). Mars sky at sunset, as imaged by the Curiosity rover (February 2013; Sun simulated by artist). The seasonal lag on Mars is no more than a couple of days, [1] due to its lack of large bodies of
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 ...