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2003: Mars Retrograde Animation


Animation of 2003 Mars Retrograde. Click the "play" arrow to put the Earth and Mars in motion. An "overhead" view of the two planets' orbits is shown in the bottom half of the animation. The top half shows what a viewer on Earth would see by plotting Mars' position from night to night over several months.
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