Absolutely ! At their closest point on their orbits - the Earth and Mars are 60 million kilometres apart !
No. The light from the sun has to travel farther to get to Mars, so it losses more intensity than it would if it were only traveling to Earth. As a result, the sun is dimmer on Mars than it is on Earth.
The gravitational force between two objects depends on their masses and distance. Although the sun exerts the same gravitational force on both Earth and Mars due to their masses, this force is stronger on Mars because it is closer to the sun compared to Earth's distance. This makes the gravitational force between the sun and Mars greater than that between the sun and Earth.
Yes. Earth is about 6.5 times larger than Mars and has more mass.
There are no people on Mars.
The distance from the Earth to Mars is constantly changing as both planets orbit the Sun in different orbits and at different speeds. As of Jaunary 14, 2014 at about 4:5 PM Pacific time, Mars is about 1.22449 AU, and closing. That's about 113,823,456 miles. But the Earth is catching up, because the Earth is in a closer, faster orbit, and we'll be at our closest point of approach on April 8, 2014. At that time, Mars will be at about 0.62 AU away, which is not especially close as oppositions go.
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
No. The light from the sun has to travel farther to get to Mars, so it losses more intensity than it would if it were only traveling to Earth. As a result, the sun is dimmer on Mars than it is on Earth.
The gravitational force between two objects depends on their masses and distance. Although the sun exerts the same gravitational force on both Earth and Mars due to their masses, this force is stronger on Mars because it is closer to the sun compared to Earth's distance. This makes the gravitational force between the sun and Mars greater than that between the sun and Earth.
Mars used to be more like Earth.
When Mars is closest to Earth (opposition), it appears larger and brighter in the night sky. People on Earth can observe more surface details through telescopes. Additionally, communication between Earth and Mars spacecrafts may be clearer and more efficient due to the shorter distance.
Mars receives about half as much sunlight as Earth due to its greater distance from the Sun and its thinner atmosphere, which does not effectively trap heat. This results in colder temperatures and less solar energy available for photosynthesis and other biological processes.
Jupiter has a longer year (about 4300 Earth days) than Mars (687 Earth days) because it is much further away from the Sun, and so has a longer distance to travel to complete one orbit (and it also goes more slowly as a result of the distance)
It varies with each planet's position in its orbit. Mars is farther out from the Sun, and orbits more slowly than the Earth does. At the "conjunction", when the two planets are closest together, they are about .5 AU apart. But 8 months later, when Earth has raced ahead and is now on the opposite side of the Sun from Mars, the distance is about 1.5 AU.
Yes. Earth is about 6.5 times larger than Mars and has more mass.
Distance from Earth varies from 36 million miles (nearest planet after Venus) to over 250 million miles
Mars, the asteroid belt is in between Mars and Jupiter.
At opposition (Mars is opposite to the Sun), Mars can be between about 55 and 100 million kilometers - depending on where Earth and Mars meet (the orbit of Mars is quite a bit more excentric than Earth's orbit).