Figure B. Mars is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit, just like Earth, only a touch more, at 25.2°. But Mars' orbital eccentricity is more than five times larger than Earth's. Combined, these facts produce the Martian analemma above.
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Figure B. Mars is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit, just like Earth, only a touch more, at 25.2°. But Mars' orbital eccentricity is more than five times larger than Earth's. Combined, these facts produce the Martian analemma above. |
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