The planet will appear at night during October, with the highest increase in the sky around midnight each day. It will shine every evening before sunrise in the east and west.
But Mars doesn’t always look like this. So, why is Mars so bright?
The red planet made close contact with Earth on October 6 at 10:18 p.m. Mars was 38,586,816 miles from Earth – yes, it’s close to Mars – and it won’t be that close again until 2035. In 2003, approximately 5 million miles away, approaching Earth in 20,000,000 years.
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This week, the Earth will rotate between Mars and the Sun.
This phenomenon, known as the anti-Mars, occurs on October 13, when it will be directly opposite the Earth from the Sun, according to NASA.
Mars and Earth do not orbit the Sun in perfect circles or even in the same plane. Instead, the planets have elliptical orbits shaped like ellipses.
For example, while Earth takes only 365 days to complete its orbit around the Sun, Mars takes 687 days. When the Earth moves closer to the Sun, Mars moves away from it.
Currently, NASA’s Perseverance Rover is launching into space and preparing to land on Mars in February 2021. It is one of several missions to Mars, including the United Arab Emirates’ Hope Probe and China’s Tianwen-1.
Patience was introduced on July 30, especially under the time limit, when it is arranged on the same side of the sun between Earth and Mars to allow for faster travel.
Look for Venus, Jupiter and Saturn
In addition to the beautiful bright Mars, explore other planets that light up the sky.
Venus, the third brightest object in the night sky after the Sun and Moon, is even brighter than Mars – it only appears in the morning.
Mars now reigns supreme in the night sky and Venus shows its brilliance in the eastern morning sky, according to EarthWiskey, a for-profit organization and astronomy website.
Mars also eclipses Jupiter during October.
But once Mars disappears from view, Jupiter will be a bright object in the evening sky, and Saturn will also appear east of Jupiter.
This is due to the union of Jupiter and Saturn. The two largest planets in our solar system meet rarely every 20 years.
The conjunction officially takes place on December 21, 2020, but the two planets now appear close to each other and will remain in the night sky for the rest of the year.
Jupiter defeats the stars, while Saturn gives a bright golden glitter.
During the last great union in 2000, both giant planets were close to the Sun from our point of view on Earth, making it difficult to see.
The reason this connection is rare is because of the orbits of these giant planets – Jupiter takes 12 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun, and Saturn takes 30 years.
And every 20 years, Jupiter connects with Saturn from our point of view on Earth.
So take advantage of this rare opportunity to see the two together in the night sky.
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