mars Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/mars/ Astronomy author and speaker Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.colinstuart.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-Saturn1-32x32.png mars Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/mars/ 32 32 166732936 How many bananas would it take to get to Mars? https://www.colinstuart.net/many-bananas-take-get-mars/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:10:34 +0000 https://colinstuart.net/?p=5231 No humans have left Low Earth Orbit since 1972, an achingly long time given the fervour of excitement surrounding the Apollo program that saw twelve men walk on the Moon. That said, eyes are starting to focus on Mars as a credible target for people to explore. The US have said they’re aiming for a […]

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]]> 5231 Mars Orbiter spies Phobos in front of Red Planet https://www.colinstuart.net/mars-orbiter-spies-phobos-in-front-of-red-planet/ https://www.colinstuart.net/mars-orbiter-spies-phobos-in-front-of-red-planet/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:57:18 +0000 http://www.colinstuart.net/?p=1835 Unlike our Moon, which is about one quarter the size of Earth, Phobos, the largest of Mars’s two moons is tiny – just 25 kilometres across. That makes it smaller than London. In this new image, released from The Mars Orbiter, Phobos is seen passing in front of Mars back in October. The gorgeous views […]

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