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Mars does not orbit the Earth. Mars orbits the Sun, as does the Earth.
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Why does mars occasionally seem to go backwards in the sky?
Mars seems to orbit backwards because the Earth is orbiting at a faster rate so when Earth passes Mars it seems to orbit backwards.
What year will it be when mars finishes orbiting the sun?
It depends what year it is. Mars takes 88 more days then earth so just count 88 more days.
This is found in between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids are found orbiting the Sun in between Jupiter and Mars. So, the answer is "the Asteroid Belt".
What is the relative size from earth to Mars?
Comparing diameters, Mars is about 53% the size of Earth. So, the volume of Mars is about 15% of Earth.
Is Mars flat?
If Mars is flat, then so is the Earth.
What force keeps a moon from orbiting a planet?
The Moon is orbiting a planet; It is orbiting the Earth. The velocity /acceleration of the Moon and the gravitational pull between Earth and Moon are in balance, so the Moon remains orbiting the Earth. Similarly the Earth and Moon , as a binary system, orbit the Sun , and the acceleration and gravitational forces are in balance. So none of us collide.
Is Mars in front or behind earth?
If you mean - starting from the Sun, then you get Mercury Venus Earth Mars So, Mars is, in that case, behind the earth.
Is a year on mars longer or shorter on earth?
Mars orbits farther from the sun,tthan Earth does, meand its orbital circumference is longer. Additionally, the farther out an orbiting object is, the slower it travels. So, to complete one orbit, Mars has to travel farther than Earth does and at a slower speed.
Which planet is nearer to the earth planet?
Mars is closest to Earth, then Venus, and so on.
How many Mars can fill the earth?
None, because only half an Earth can fit inside of Mars.
How much more gravitational pull on Mars than on Earth?
There is less gravity on mars, it has only 37.6% of earths gravity. If you weigh 100lbs on Earth, you would weigh 37.7lbs on Mars. Mars is smaller than Earth so the effect that gravity has on anything there is lower than it is on Earth
What are the nearby planet by earth?
Venus is the closest on the suns side, Mars is closest on the far side The order of the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, annd Pluto (if that counts). So Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all pretty close by. ________________________ Remember, however, that all the planets are orbiting at different speeds. Sometimes Earth is on the same side of the Sun that Mars or Venus is, and sometimes they're twice as far away, on the other side of the Sun from us. So while Venus and Mars come closer to the Earth than Mercury does, sometimes Mercury is closer to Earth than Venus is - because Venus is at the other end of its orbit.
