I'm doing a school project about Mars and I need to know how far mars and earth are from each other in miles
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On average, the distance is 227,939,100 km (141,634,800 miles). That's a long term average, over many many years. In any particular year, the number will be different. For example here are some years and the average distances:
2007, distance = 216,765,656 km (134,691,934 miles)
2008, distance = 280,482,408 km (174,283,688 miles)
2009, distance = 264,890,510 km (164,595,332 miles)
2010, distance = 246,774,992 km (153,338,871 miles)
2011, distance = 304,868,057 km (189,436,228 miles)
[Astronomers don't use miles, they use kilometers and astronomical units.]
This is actually a bit of a trick question. On average, the Mars-Earth distance is the same as the Mars-Sun distance. That's because the Earth goes around the sun, and the center focus of the orbit is the sun.
2007, distance = 216,765,656 km (134,691,934 miles)
2008, distance = 280,482,408 km (174,283,688 miles)
2009, distance = 264,890,510 km (164,595,332 miles)
2010, distance = 246,774,992 km (153,338,871 miles)
2011, distance = 304,868,057 km (189,436,228 miles)
[Astronomers don't use miles, they use kilometers and astronomical units.]
This is actually a bit of a trick question. On average, the Mars-Earth distance is the same as the Mars-Sun distance. That's because the Earth goes around the sun, and the center focus of the orbit is the sun.
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Its semi-major axis (roughly the radius of its orbit) is just over 1.5 times that of the earth's. Assuming the earth's is 90 million miles, that means it's about 140 million miles from the sun. The closest it gets to earth is about 50 million miles, but the furthest is about 230 million miles.
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minimum 34.8 million miles
maximum 237 million miles. With such a range average is fairly meaningless
maximum 237 million miles. With such a range average is fairly meaningless
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They shouldn't be teaching such obsolete units of measurement in schools.