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Mars at opposition

Friday, February 19, 2027 at 03:44 PM UTC

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Photo: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute) · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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  • 2027Feb 19, 2027
  • 2029Mar 25, 2029
  • 2031May 4, 2031
  • 2033Jun 28, 2033
  • 2035Sep 15, 2035
  • 2037Nov 19, 2037
  • 2040Jan 2, 2040

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