Feb 23, 2021 05:00 AM EST
Close Distance
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This Sunday, watch out for a spectacular show in the early morning skies. In one of rare occurrences, planets mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the crescent moon will be close and bright enough to be seen by the naked eye on early morning of July 19.
Besides Earth's sister planet Venus, Mars is the second nearest planet to Earth, with an estimated distance of 225 million miles from the farthest and closest points in its orbit. The main parallels are in the axis, length of the day, and seasons between the two planets. They vary considerably from each other in other ways.