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LewSpeight
11-08-15, 10:52 AM
Spotted on the web... True or not I haven't a clue but could be interesting!

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Cymraeg_Atodeg
11-08-15, 11:35 AM
Mars is about 140 million miles away, it actually gets to within 33.75 million miles, but, as the planet is only 2118.75 miles in radius it won't look like another moon. See here: Mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/nightsky/mars-close-approach/

Spank86
11-08-15, 05:26 PM
It will be about 120 times smaller than the moon.

and it's often visible, looking like a dull red star, but Venus tends to be more so.

LewSpeight
11-08-15, 05:42 PM
Oh I see! Haha as you can see I'm not a star gazer myself