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[edit] Historical astronomers observing Mars
- Babylonia (Babylonian Period [1900-1650 BCE]) Observed and charted movements of Mars
- Apollonius of Perga (c. 262-c. 190 BC) Deferent and epicycle theory
- Hipparchus (2nd century BC)
- Ptolemy Greek Astronomer, (~90–168 AD) Book Almagest, 'Ptolemaic system
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) Copernican heliocentrism
- Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Observed and charted movement of Mars to 1' accuracy
- Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) First telescope view of planets
- Percival Lowell (1855–1916) Sketched Mars
[edit] Oppositions of Mars, 1901-2035
Opp. date | RA | Decl. | Disk (") |
Dist. (a.u.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1901 Feb 22 | 10h 26m | +14° 32' | 13.8" | 0.678 |
1903 Mar 29 | 12h 32m | -00° 05' | 14.8" | 0.640 |
1905 May 8 | 15h 00m | -16° 57' | 17.3" | 0.543 |
1907 July 6 | 19h 01m | -27° 59' | 22.7" | 0.411 |
1909 Sept 24 | 00h 10m | -04° 13' | 23.8" | 0.392 |
[edit] 1911-1924
Opp. date | RA | Decl. | Disk (") |
Dist. (a.u.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1911 Nov 25 | 03h 58m | +21° 43' | 18.0" | 0.517 |
1914 Jan 5 | 07h 05m | +26° 33' | 15.1" | 0.625 |
1916 Feb 10 | 09h 36m | +19° 08' | 14.0" | 0.675 |
1918 Mar 15 | 11h 44m | +05° 55' | 14.0" | 0.662 |
1920 Apr 21 | 13h 57m | -10° 21' | 15.8" | 0.588 |
1922 June 10 | 17h 11m | -25° 55' | 20.1" | 0.462 |
1924 Aug 23 | 22h 19m | -17° 40' | 25.1" | 0.373 |
[edit] 1926-1939
Opp. date | RA | Decl. | Disk (") |
Dist. (a.u.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1926 Nov 4 | 02h 36m | +14° 26' | 20.2" | 0.465 |
1928 Dec 21 | 05h 58m | +26° 39' | 15.8" | 0.589 |
1931 Jan 27 | 08h 42m | +22° 54' | 14.0" | 0.663 |
1933 Mar 1 | 10h 59m | +11° 26' | 14.0" | 0.675 |
1935 Apr 6 | 13h 03m | -03° 52' | 15.1" | 0.624 |
1937 May 19 | 15h 43m | -20° 39' | 18.0" | 0.515 |
1939 July 23 | 20h 13m | -26° 24' | 24.1" | 0.389 |
[edit] 1941-1956
Opp. date | RA | Decl. | Disk (") |
Dist. (a.u.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1941 Oct 10 | 01h 07m | +03° 29' | 22.7" | 0.414 |
1943 Dec 5 | 04h 44m | +24° 24' | 17.3" | 0.545 |
1946 Jan 14 | 07h 44m | +25° 35' | 14.8" | 0.641 |
1948 Feb 17 | 10h 07m | +16° 25' | 13.8" | 0.678 |
1950 Mar 23 | 12h 13m | +02° 20' | 14.4" | 0.651 |
1952 May 1 | 14h 34m | -14° 17' | 16.6" | 0.564 |
1954 June 24 | 18h 12m | -27° 41' | 21.6" | 0.433 |
1956 Sept 10 | 23h 26m | -10° 07' | 24.8" | 0.379 |
[edit] 1958-1971
[edit] 1973-1988
[edit] 1990-2003
[edit] 2005-2018
[edit] 2020-2035
Opp. date | RA | Decl. | Disk (") |
Dist. (a.u.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 Oct 13 | 01h 22m | +05° 26' | 22.3" | 0.419 |
2022 Dec 8 | 04h 59m | +25° 00' | 16.9" | 0.550 |
2025 Jan 16 | 07h 56m | +25° 07' | 14.4" | 0.643 |
2027 Feb 19 | 10h 18m | +15° 23' | 13.8" | 0.678 |
2029 Mar 25 | 12h 23m | +01° 04' | 14.4" | 0.649 |
2031 May 4 | 14h 46m | -15° 29' | 16.9" | 0.559 |
2033 Jun 27 | 18h 30m | -27° 50' | 22.0" | 0.427 |
2035 Sept 15 | 23h 43m | -08° 01' | 24.5" | 0.382 |