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At any given time, Earth and Mars may be anywhere from 55 million kilometers apart to over 401 million kilometers apart (34 to 249 million miles). At some times of the year, they are on opposite sides of the Sun.
The Earth orbits the Sun in an ellipse (elongated circle or oval). Mars has a similar shaped orbit - but farther out. They also orbit at different speeds.
The farthest the Earth ever gets from the Sun is 152 million kilometers and the
nearest Mars ever gets to the Sun is 207 million kilometers. So Earth and Mars could, very rarely, be as little as 55 million kilometers (34 million miles) apart, when they are directly in line with the Sun. The closest recent distance was in 2003, when they were 56 million kilometers at closest approach.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe distance between Mars and Earth varies between 56 million kilometers at the closest to 400 million kilometers at the furthest.
Because of the patterns and times of orbit, the distance can be anywhere from around 40 to about 250 million miles.
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∙ 13y agoBecause of its orbit, the distance varies from 36 million to 250 million miles.
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∙ 16y agoMinimum 56,000,000 km to Maximum 399,000,000 km
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∙ 13y agoMinimum 56,000,000 km to Maximum 399,000,000 km or 687 Earth days.
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What is the exact distance from the sun and Mars?
the exact distance from the earth to mars is 36 million miles
Is Mars closer to the sun more than Earth?
Earth is closer to the Sun Earth is 92,960,000 miles (149,600,000 km) Sun, Distance to Earth Mars is141,600,000 miles (227,900,000 km) Mars, Distance from Sun
How far is Mars from the earth and the sun?
Mars is 35,000,000 miles from Earth and 141,600,000 miles from the Sun.
How much farther from the sun is earth than mars?
Earth is closer than Mars. Earth's average distance from the sun is 150 million km, while Mars' average distance is 227 million km.
Is the asteroid belt between earth and mars?
Mars' average distance from the sun is greater than Earth's average distance, and less than the average distance of most of the members of the asteroid belt. So, the answer is YES.
Is the moon closer to earth or is mars?
The Earth's distance from the moon or Mars is always changing. The closest the moon can get to Earth is 225,622 miles. The farthest it can get is 252,088 miles. The closest possible distance from Earth to Mars is 33.9 million miles. Therefore the Earth is always much closer to the moon than Mars, no matter where they are in orbit.
How many miles is it from Denton TX to mars?
It is about the same distance from Denton to Mars as it is from Earth to Mars, given that Denton, Texas, remains on earth at the present time. The earth/mars distance varies as these bodies orbit the sun. Sometimes they are both on the same side, and the distance between is minimized. Sometimes they are on opposite sides of the sun, and the distance is maximized. The average distance is roughly 3 astronomical units.
Which planet has a distance from the sun that is about 150 percent of earth's distance from the sun?
Mars.
What is the distance from moon to mars?
Forget the small distance between Earth and Moon. The distance from Earth to Mars varies a lot, because Earth's orbit around the sun is much smaller than Mars' orbit. The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers. The farthest apart they can be is about 401 million km. The average distance is about 225 million km.
Distance from earth to mars today?
Today's date is June 12, 2014. The distance from the Earth to Mars today is 0.8643 astronomical units. This is equal to 80.34 million miles.
Does the moon circle mars?
Earth's moon ... the one you see in the sky from your backyard ... does not circle Mars.The distance from earth to our moon is less than 1/2 percent of the closest possible distance from earth to Mars.
What is the minimum distance between earth and Mars?
0.52 AU.
