Mars (Planet)
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From Fairfield
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Mars is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:35, when it reaches an altitude of 8° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:06, 70° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:43, 40° above your western horizon.
Name
Mars
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Object type
Superior planet
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Orbital elements [2]Semi-major axis: | 1.52 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.093394 |
Inclination: | 1.85° |
Longitude ascending node: | 49.56° |
Argument of perihelion: | -73.50° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 19.39° |
Absolute mag (H): | -1.46 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantitiesPerihelion: | 1.38 AU |
Aphelion: | 1.67 AU |
Orbital period: | 1.88 years |
Sources[1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
[2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, 2013, Urban & Seidelmann, Eds., Table 8.7, ISBN 978-1-891389-85-6 |
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All times shown in Fairfield local time.
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