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Opposition Phenomenon (Mars)

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    10Pointer
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  • Published
    17th Oct, 2020

Recently, Mars became the third brightest object (moon and Venus are first and second, respectively) outshining Jupiter in the night sky

  • Recently, Mars became the third brightest object (moon and Venus are first and second, respectively) outshining Jupiter in the night sky.
    • This event is referred to as “opposition”.
    • It takes place every two years and two months.
    • Opposition is the event when the sun, Earth and an outer planet are lined up, with the Earth in the middle. 
    • The time of opposition is the point when the outer planet is typically also at its closest distance to the Earth for a given year.
    • Since it is close, the planet appears brighter in the sky.

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