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Date: 30 June 2003 Depicts: Solar conjunction of Mars as seen from Earth (the viewer). Show in archive: false
The dots mark the apparent position of Mars in the plane of the sky when the planet is closer than 40 solar radii from the Sun, which corresponds to the 10° elongation in the previous figure. Each dot represents the position of Mars at 00.00UT on each day.