PIB Corner

Mars Opposition

  • On 13th October, Mars and the Sun lined up with Earth in the middle called Mars Opposition.
  • At opposition – Earth is in the middle of a line between an outer planet and the Sun, we see the sun at one end of our sky and the opposition planet in the opposite direction.
  • When the Sun sets in the west, the planet is rising in the east. As the planet drops below the horizon, the Sun pops above it again: opposite.
  • Opposition for an outer planet happens when the Sun and that planet are exactly 180 degrees apart ....
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