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We call this "retrograde" motion. It is caused by the fact Mars is in an orbit farther out from the Sun than Earth is, but Earth and Mars are both circling the Sun.

So every time the Earth starts to catch up to Mars and then PASS Mars, Mars "appears" to move backwards as we pass by.

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