[DOC] [TLE] How Far Away is Mars? | Distance to Mars - Space.com [PAR] Aug 2, 2012 ... In that situation, the planets would be 33.9 million miles (54.6 million ... At its 
closest (perihelion), Mars is 128 million miles (206 million km) ... Mars revolves 
around the sun in 687 Earth days, which represents a Martian year. [DOC] [TLE] Just the FAQs | Red Planet Report [PAR] But its surface area is about the same as all the land areas on Earth. How far is 
Mars from ... When Mars is closest to Earth, it's about 56 million kilometers (35 
million miles) away. ... How long is a day on Mars? ... 687 Earth days (669 sols), 
or 1.9 Earth years. ... Mars Year 33 began June 18, 2015 and runs until May 5, 
2017. [DOC] [TLE] Check out Mars tonight: It's closer to Earth than it has been in 11 years [PAR] May 30, 2016 ... On the evening of May 30, the Red Planet will come closer to Earth ... It takes 
Mars 687 Earth days to make its trip around the sun, ... miles of each other; other 
times Mars is still 60 million miles away. On Aug. 25, 2003, Mars came within 
34.6 million miles of Earth  the closest it had been in 60,000 years. [DOC] [TLE] Mars Facts - Mars Home - NASA [PAR] Mars planet facts and information. ... Average Distance from Sun, 93 million miles
, 142 million miles ... Length of Year, 365.25 Days, 687 Earth Days ... The closest 
distance between the Sun and Mars as the Red Planet travels in its orbit around... [DOC] [TLE] Mars - Wikipedia [PAR] Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar 
System, after ... Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye, as can its 
reddish .... are thought to have formed as recently as only a few million years ago. 
..... lowering the atmospheric density by stripping away atoms from the outer... [DOC] [TLE] March 5, 1967 - Trip to Mars: Closer Than We Think? | Chicago ... [PAR] The planet has a day of 24.5 Earth hours and a year of 687 Earth days, ... Its 
distance from the sun averages more than 140 million miles, giving the planet 
about... [DOC] [TLE] Mars makes closest approach to Earth in 11 years - [PAR] May 31, 2016 ... The planet Mars is at its closest approach to Earth in eleven years. CNN reports 
that Mars came closest on May 30, when the Red Planet was around 46.8 million 
miles away. ... Mars takes 687 Earth days to complete its trek around the Sun. .... 
November 2013 (36)  October 2013 (44)  September 2013 (33)... [DOC] [TLE] A 'Spectacular' Hoax Continues to Fool E-mail Readers | National ... [PAR] Aug 13, 2010 ... Earth takes 365 days to complete a lap around the Sun while Mars completes a 
lap in 687 days. ... An opposition for Mars occurs approximately every 2 years. ... 
The 2003 opposition was significant because Mars was very near its ... As a 
result, Earth and Mars were 34.6 million miles away from each other;... [DOC] [TLE] the 2018 Perihelic Apparition of Mars - Association of Lunar and ... [PAR] Since the Martian year is about 687 Earth days long -- nearly twice as long as 
ours, the ... We might select an apparition in which Mars reaches its largest 
apparent size, or when it ... The Red Planet will be only 1.2 million miles further 
away in 2018! ... Closest approach occurs at 0751 UT on July 31, 2018 (221.4 
Ls) with an... [DOC] [TLE] planets by Bella Madden on Prezi [PAR] May 13, 2015 ... Transcript of planets. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. There are no ... time 
is 87.97 earth days its rotational time is 59 days its composition is rock. Earth 
Mars ... mars is 141.6 million miles away from the sun 687 days for mars to orbit 
the sun ... saturns orbiting time is 29.46

Question: When it's closest to the Earth, this planet with a 687-day year is about 33 million miles away
Answer: Mars