How far is mars from earth?
Mars is 35 million miles (56 million km) from Earth at the closest point in its orbit. Mars, at 7000 km in diameter and a mass of 6.4185 x 10^23 kg, is the 4th closest planet to the sun at 230 million km, with a tilt of 1.8 degrees. It makes a full rotation in 25 hours and takes 2 years to go around the sun. Lastly, it has 2 moons, no rings, and an average temp of -20 degrees Celsius on its' sunny side. ChaCha on!!
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The closest point in recent memory was back in 2003, when Earth and Mars were separated by only 55 million km.
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35 million miles away. At its greatest distance from the Earth the trip would be about 250 million miles,
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It changes all the time due to its ellipse. Go Chacha!
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The Orbit is an ellipse so it varies.The closest Mars has been to earth is 35 million miles. The farthest is 250 million miles.
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Mars is 34 million miles from Earth at its closest point. Thanks for asking ChaCha!
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Depending on the position of the planets, Mars can be any where from 35 million to 250 million miles from Earth. ChaCha!
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Distance from Earth varies from 36 million miles, because of orbital positions. ChaCha!
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Mars is 35 million miles at its shortest and at its greatest distance from the Earth would be about 250 million miles. ChaCha!
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