How Close Is Mars To The Earth, Is It The Nearest Planet?
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The closest theoretical point Earth and Mars can be is when Earth is at its aphelion (or most distant point in its orbit), and Mars is at its closest. At this point, the two planets are separated by only 54.6 million km.
however the distance changes between them every month..
and to answer your question if whether mars is the closest to earth believe it or not it’s actually venus! but every 2 years or so its mars
p.s the moon is not a planet, planets orbit the sun the moon orbits planets
hope this helps.
it’s either Venus or Mars which is the closest planet to Earth..
and no, the moon is not a planet.
Planets orbit the sun, moons orbit planets.
Both Earth and Mars travel around the Sun in elliptical orbits. So to figure out the distance between the two planets, you have to imagine where they can be in various points of their orbits. At their closest point, the three objects are in a straight line: Sun, Earth, Mars. And then at their most distant point, Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the Sun. It gets more complicated than this; however, because both Earth and Mars travel in elliptical orbits around the Sun. Their orbits can bring them close or more distant to each other depending on what point of their orbit they’re on. It can be as small as about 33,900,000 miles (54,500,000 kilometers) or as large as about 249,000,000 miles (401,300,000 kilometers).
Since both Venus and Earth are on elliptical orbits, even this opposition point can change. Some oppositions are closer than others. The closest possible opposition between Earth and Venus is 38 million kilometers (23.7 million miles). No planet gets closer to Earth than Venus.
No, Mars is not the closest planet to Earth. Mar’s closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years was on August 27, 2003:
“…August 15, 2003 - Magnitude -2.7, 24.4″ diameter, CM 194° at 7:30 UT. Distance from earth: 0.38 AU, 57.0 million km, 35.3 million miles
August 17, 2003 - Magnitude -2.7, 24.6″ diameter, CM 161° at 6:30 UT. Distance from earth: 0.38 AU, 57.0 million km, 35.3 million miles
August 23, 2003 - Magnitude -2.8, 25.0″ diameter, CM 107° at 7:00 UT. Distance from earth: 0.37 AU, 55.5 million km, 34.4 million miles
August 30, 2003 - Magnitude -2.9, 25.04″ diameter, CM 70° at 8:00 UT. Distance from earth: 0.37 AU, 55.5 million km, 34.4 million miles
…”http://www.whiteoaks.com/sketches/mars20…
“…NASA - Venus No other planet comes nearer to the Earth than Venus. At its closest approach, it is about 23.7 million miles (38.2 million kilometers) away. … Its mean (average) distance from the sun is about 67.2 million miles (108.2 million …
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/venus_worldbook… - Cached - Similar…”
- On average 78,341,212 Km
- But it ranges from 36 million miles to over 250 million miles apart.
- No the closest planet to Earth is Venus, at a distance of 172,538 million miles.
At its closest, Mars is about 54M miles, but that depends on Earth being its furthest out and Mars being its closest in (to the Sun), and those points being in line with the Sun and each other. On average, when the planets are in line with and on the same side as the Sun, they’re about 90M apart.
Since all of the planets are in an approximately circular orbit around the Sun, their distances from us, one of those planets, varies spectacularly.
However, on AVERAGE, Venus and Mercury are closer to us.
The closest theoretical point Earth and Mars can be is when Earth is at its aphelion (or most distant point in its orbit), and Mars is at its closest. At this point, the two planets are separated by only 54.6 million km.
Venus is typically sited as the nearest planet to Earth.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth. Its distance from us ranges from 23.7 million to 162 million miles.
Mars distance from Earth ranges from 36 million to 250 million miles.
The Moon is different from a planet. The Moon revolves around the Earth, as the other moons do around their planets. Planets revolve around the Sun.