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  2. Don't Miss it! The Moon and Mars Will Form a Rare ... - AOL

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    Mars and the moon will be about four ... A La Niña Winter Is on the Way—Here's What ... If the sky isn't clear tonight, you may still be able to see Mars over the coming weeks as its brightness ...

  3. See the full wolf moon overtake Mars in the night sky and ...

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    For those on the US East Coast, Mars will disappear behind the bottom of the moon around 9:16 p.m. ET and reappear behind the upper right of the moon at 10:31 p.m. ET.

  4. A Cold Moon and Mars in retrograde? How to watch tonight’s ...

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    A Cold Moon only happens once a year while Mars is in retrograde every 26 months. On Wednesday night, the two events will collide.

  5. Astronomy on Mars - Wikipedia

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    Mars has an axial tilt of 25.19°, quite close to the value of 23.44° for Earth, and thus Mars has seasons of spring, summer, autumn, winter as Earth does.As on Earth, the southern and northern hemispheres have summer and winter at opposing times.

  6. Orbit of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Extra-close oppositions of Mars happen every 15 to 17 years, when we pass between Mars and the Sun around the time of its perihelion (closest point to the Sun in orbit). The minimum distance between Earth and Mars has been declining over the years, and in 2003 the minimum distance was 55.76 million km, nearer than any such encounter in almost ...

  7. Areostationary orbit - Wikipedia

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    A simulation of a 4-satellite constellation in areostationary orbit . An areostationary orbit, areosynchronous equatorial orbit (AEO), or Mars geostationary orbit is a circular areo­synchronous orbit (ASO) approximately 17,032 km (10,583 mi) in altitude above the Mars equator and following the direction of Mars's rotation.

  8. See the conjunction of the moon and Mars tonight (Sept. 16) - AOL

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    Mars and the moon will make a close approach to each other in the sky tonight (Sept. 16), and here's what you can expect to see.

  9. Celestial navigation - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a typical nautical sextant, a tool used in celestial navigation to measure the angle between two objects viewed by means of its optical sight. Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the ...