I learned that from Trivial Pursuit.
Everyone thinks you gotta pay like twenty bucks for that game, but the Dollar Store has basically the same thing for like $2.99.
The distance between Earth and Mars varies from 33.9 million miles to 250 million miles. The distance from Texas to Maine is about 2,103 miles. Your math doesn't math.
It varies from 33.9 million miles on the same side of the sun, to negative 250 million miles on the other side.
And it so happens that the average distance falls between -2100 and 2100
Like when you throw a ball at a wall but can infinitely divide the distance.
Oppositions of Mars happen every 15 to 17 years, when we pass between Mars and the Sun around the time of its perihelion. While this distance has decreased over time, the closest distance ever was 34,796,786.8 miles.
Emotional distance trumps planetary distance. Every now and again you slip in these high quality facts. I'd be careful, people might start asking for refunds.
This is good low quality stuff. Also, what blows my mind is that I can often see Mars from my location, but I can't see Texas or Maine...if I'm not in Texas or Maine. Blows my mind!
Does Dodgie Donnie Trump ACTUALLY mean that he wants to try a bit of 'CARPET-BAGGING ('Post Civil War Yankee-Style') UKRAINIAN RESOURCES'?!?! I humbly ...... ponder!!!
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Everyone thinks you gotta pay like twenty bucks for that game, but the Dollar Store has basically the same thing for like $2.99.
And it so happens that the average distance falls between -2100 and 2100
Oppositions of Mars happen every 15 to 17 years, when we pass between Mars and the Sun around the time of its perihelion. While this distance has decreased over time, the closest distance ever was 34,796,786.8 miles.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Pennsylvania