OPPOSITIONS OF MARS - 1901-2035
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2003 June 5
John Pazmino
NYSkies
john.pazmino@moondog.com
This table of oppositions is adapted from 'The planet Mars, a
history of observation and discovery' by Sheehan. I added the columns
for interval since previous opposition, Mars magnitude and the launch
dates for an ideal Hohmann and vonPirquet trajectory of a Mars
spaceprobe. These are 96 and 64 days before the opposition, so they
may fall in the previous year.
The coordinates are all for the 2000 epoch; interval is in Earth
days; angular diameter is in arcseconds; distance is in astronomical
units from Earth.
Opposition Rt Asc Declin Diam Dist Int Magn Hohman vonPir
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1901 Feb 22 10h 26m +14d 32m 13.8 0.678 - -1.2 Nov 18 Dec 20
1903 Mar 29 12h 32m -00d 05m 14.8 0.640 765 -1.4 Jan 24 Dec 23
1905 May 8 15h 00m -16d 57m 17.3 0.543 771 -1.9 Feb 1 Mar 5
1907 Jul 6 19h 01m -27d 59m 22.7 0.411 789 -2.6 Apr 1 May 3
1909 Sep 24 00h 10m -04d 13m 23.8 0.392 811 -2.8 Jun 20 Jul 22
1911 Nov 25 03h 58m +21d 43m 18.0 0.517 792 -2.1 Aug 21 Sep 22
1914 Jan 5 07h 05m +26d 33m 15.1 0.625 772 -1.5 Oct 1 Nov 2
1916 Feb 10 09h 36m +19d 08m 14.0 0.675 766 -1.2 Nov 6 Dec 8
1918 Mar 15 11h 44m +05d 55m 14.0 0.662 764 -1.3 Dec 9 Jan 10
1920 Apr 21 13h 57m -10d 21m 15.8 0.588 768 -1.6 Jan 16 Feb 17
1922 Jun 10 17h 11m -25d 55m 20.1 0.462 780 -2.3 Mar 6 Apr 7
1924 Aug 23 22h 19m -17d 40m 25.1 0.373 805 -2.9 May 19 Jun 20
1926 Nov 4 02h 36m +14d 26m 20.2 0.465 803 -2.4 Jul 31 Sep 1
1928 Dec 21 05h 58m +26d 39m 15.8 0.589 778 -1.7 Sep 16 Oct 18
1931 Jan 27 08h 42m +22d 54m 14.0 0.663 767 -1.3 Oct 23 Nov 24
1933 Mar 1 10h 59m +11d 26m 14.0 0.675 764 -1.1 Nov 25 Dec 27
1935 Apr 6 13h 03m -03d 52m 15.1 0.624 766 -1.5 Dec 31 Feb 1
1937 May 19 15h 43m -20d 39m 18.0 0.515 774 -2.0 Feb 10 Mar 14
1939 Jul 23 20h 13m -26d 24m 24.1 0.389 795 -2.8 Apr 18 May 20
1941 Oct 10 01h 07m +03d 29m 22.7 0.414 810 -2.6 Jul 6 Aug 7
1943 Dec 5 04h 44m +24d 24m 17.3 0.545 786 -1.9 Aug 31 Oct 2
1946 Jan 14 07h 44m +25d 35m 14.8 0.641 771 -1.4 Oct 10 Nov 11
1948 Feb 17 10h 07m +16d 25m 13.8 0.678 764 -1.2 Nov 13 Dec 15
1950 Mar 23 12h 13m +02d 20m 14.4 0.651 765 -1.3 Dec 17 Jan 18
1952 May 1 14h 34m -14d 17m 16.6 0.564 770 -1.8 Jan 26 Feb 27
1954 Jun 24 18h 12m -27d 41m 21.6 0.433 784 -2.5 Mar 20 Apr 21
1956 Sep 10 23h 26m -10d 07m 24.8 0.379 809 -2.9 Jun 6 Jul 8
1958 Nov 16 03h 25m +19d 08m 19.1 0.494 797 -2.2 Aug 12 Sep 13
1960 Dec 30 06h 39m +26d 49m 15.5 0.610 775 -1.5 Sep 25 Oct 27
1963 Feb 4 09h 15m +20d 42m 14.0 0.671 766 -1.3 Oct 31 Dec 2
1965 Mar 9 11h 25m +08d 08m 14.0 0.669 764 -1.2 Dec 3 Jan 4
1967 Apr 15 13h 35m -07d 43m 15.5 0.605 767 -1.6 Jan 9 Feb 10
1969 May 31 16h 32m -23d 56m 19.4 0.486 777 -2.2 Feb 24 Mar 28
1971 Aug 10 21h 27m -22d 15m 24.8 0.376 801 -2.9 May 6 Jun 7
1973 Oct 25 02h 00m +10d 17m 21.2 0.441 807 -2.5 Jul 21 Aug 22
1975 Dec 15 05h 29m +26d 02m 16.2 0.570 781 -1.8 Sep 10 Oct 12
1978 Jan 21 08h 20m +24d 06m 14.4 0.654 768 -1.3 Oct 17 Nov 18
1980 Feb 25 10h 37m +13d 27m 13.8 0.677 765 -1.2 Nov 21 Dec 23
1982 Mar 31 12h 43m -01d 21m 14.8 0.637 765 -1.4 Dec 25 Jan 26
1984 May 11 15h 13m -18d 05m 17.3 0.537 772 -1.9 Feb 5 Mar 8
1986 Jul 10 19h 20m -27d 44m 23.0 0.406 790 -2.6 Apr 5 May 7
1988 Sep 28 00h 27m -02° 06m 23.8 0.396 811 -2.7 Jun 24 Jul 26
1990 Nov 27 04h 13m +22d 28m 18.0 0.523 790 -2.0 Aug 23 Sep 24
1993 Jan 7 07h 19m +26d 16m 14.8 0.628 772 -1.5 Oct 3 Nov 4
1995 Feb 12 09h 47m +18d 11m 13.8 0.676 766 -1.2 Nov 8 Dec 10
1997 Mar 17 11h 54m +04d 41m 14.0 0.661 764 -1.3 Dec 11 Jan 12
1999 Apr 24 14h 09m -11d 37m 16.2 0.583 768 -1.7 Jan 18 Feb 19
2001 Jun 13 17h 28m -26d 30m 20.5 0.456 781 -2.3 Mar 9 Apr 10
2003 Aug 28 22h 38m -15d 48m 25.1 0.373 806 -2.9 May 24 Jun 25
2005 Nov 7 02h 51m +15d 53m 19.8 0.470 802 -2.6 Aug 3 Sep 4
2007 Dec 28 06h 12m +26d 46m 15.5 0.600 781 -1.6 Sep 23 Oct 25
2010 Jan 29 08h 54m +22d 09m 14.0 0.664 763 -1.3 Oct 25 Nov 26
2012 Mar 3 11h 52m +10d 17m 14.0 0.674 764 -1.2 Nov 28 Dec 30
2014 Apr 8 13h 14m -05d 08m 15.1 0.621 766 -1.5 Jan 2 Feb 3
2016 May 22 15h 58m -21d 39m 18.4 0.509 775 -2.1 Feb 10 Mar 13
2018 Jul 27 20h 33m -25d 30m 24.1 0.386 796 -2.8 Apr 22 May 24
2020 Oct 13 01h 22m +05d 26m 22.3 0.419 809 -2.6 Jul 9 Aug 10
2022 Dec 8 04h 59m +25d 00m 16.9 0.550 786 -1.9 Sep 3 Oct 5
2025 Jan 16 07h 56m +25d 07m 14.4 0.643 770 -1.4 Oct 12 Nov 13
2027 Feb 19 10h 18m +15d 23m 13.8 0.678 764 -1.2 Nov 15 Dec 17
2029 Mar 25 12h 23m +01d 04m 14.4 0.649 765 -1.3 Dec 19 Jan 20
2031 May 4 14h 46m -15d 29m 16.9 0.559 770 -1.8 Jan 28 Mar 1
2033 Jun 27 18h 30m -27d 50m 22.0 0.427 785 -2.5 Mar 23 Apr 24
2035 Sep 15 23h 43m -08d 01m 24.5 0.382 810 -2.8 Jun 11 Jul 13