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The National Astronomical Research Institute has revealed that tomorrow, Friday, the planet Mars will pass close to the sun, as its orbit around the sun will take it to the other side of the solar system and as far from Earth as possible.
As Mars approaches the Sun, it will appear at an angular distance of only 39 arc minutes from the Sun, making it completely invisible for several weeks, as it will disappear in the Sun’s glare.
This coincides with the presence of Mars at around the same time at its farthest distance from Earth, as it will retreat to a distance of 2.63 astronomical units (one astronomical unit is the average distance between Earth and the Sun and equal about 150 million km) on two opposite sides of the solar system.
The sun will be between Earth and Mars, and Mars will appear smaller and darker than Earth due to its great distance, and its angular diameter will be reduced to 3.6 arc seconds.
All communications to and from spacecraft exploring Mars will be suspended during the period of conjunction of Mars with the Sun, which may result in distortion of signals from ground control units to vehicles on Mars and back, or loss of important data due to the impact of charged particles emanating from the Sun.
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