It's only 58 million kilometers

On July 31 March arrived at the Earth's minimum distance, 58 million kilometers: a figure that seems gigantic but relative to sidereal distances is considered short. This afternoon, live connections were possible with Nasa to observe Pianeta Rosso in the best possible way. A few days ago, Mars ascended to the forefront of scientific news thanks to the sensational discovery of an underground basin of water, a real salt lake, that could constitute an environment ideal for life. A long awaited discovery, which was superimposed on the spectacle of the red planet that accompanied the lunar eclipse of July 27th.

Mars is much more visible than usual for about a month, due to a giant sandstorm that, reflecting solar radiation [VIDEO] creates a reddish crown of light that makes the celestial body brighter.

March Closer

Today has been and still is the approach of Mars on Earth and the last time the distance between the two planets was reduced to such a point there are 15 years. The exact distance from us is 57,590,630 kilometers, recordable from 19 to 22.30 tonight, 31 July. The planet has, like the Earth, an elliptical orbit and the distances of the planets of the solar system vary every two years. From NASA [VIDEO] live links will begin with the world to allow a close-up view across satellites using technology from the Griffith Observatory of Los Angeles

Prior to this period, the The most visible planet is This has always been Venus, and we will have to wait until 2020 for the red planet to come closer, even if it's not so much. Instead, we should wait until 2287 to break the record this year, which, for the moment, exceeds all the precedents. Even Saturn was approached a month ago, but, given its distance, it is impossible to see it with the naked eye

Great opportunity for astronomers and lovers of the cosmos

The near Mars is a unique opportunity to study, as well as the proximity of Saturn allowed the telescope Hubble to take fabulous images of the planets, in which they raged storms violent . Mars is today in perihelic opposition, that is to say at the nearest orbital point of the Sun, and reached the nearest point of 9:45 this morning, but will remain close and visible for a long time. Already from tonight it is possible to see it well with a telescope just after sunset, but it will be admired also in the next few days until mid-August, when it will start to s & rsquo; remove.