Due to the rare convergence with the Ground for another week Mars will clearly stand out in the starry sky.
May 30, the distance between Earth and Mars 75.6 million kilometers. So close to the planet have not been together for over 10 years.
The average distance between earth and Mars is about 225 million kilometers. However, the distance may increase up to 400 million miles when the planets are on different sides of the Sun.
The last time the Red planet was closer to ours in 2005. Then we separated 69.2 million kilometers. A record close distance was recorded in 2003-m to year. Then the Earth from Mars were separated by only 56.3 million kilometers. NASA claim that such convergence was not observed over 60 thousand years.
Thanks to the convergence of the planets in may and another in mid-month Mars vividly stood out against the starry sky. The red planet will remain just as bright for weeks and begin to fade only in the middle of June.
