Keep an eye on the night sky for some celestial events in March.
Venus is on display for the entire month of March, in place as a brilliant morning star sitting low in the southeast sky before sunrise.On March 21st, Venus will be joined by Saturn . On March 29th, Saturn will be halfway between low and bright Venus and the higher and dimmer Mars.Saturn's distance varies from the Earth. When the two are closest, they lie approximately 746 million miles apart, or eight times the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
At their most distant, when they lie on opposite sides of the Sun from one another, they are just over a billion miles apart, or 11 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun.Mars averages a distance from the Earth of 140 million miles. The closest recorded distance to Mars from Earth was recorded in August 2003 when the two were 34.8 million miles apart. According to NASA, the two will not be that close again until the year 2237.This will happen on Sunday at 2 a.m.
Full moons and new moons cause differences between high and low tides. During these moon phases, the gravitational forces of the moon and the Sun combine to pull the ocean’s water in the same direction. These tides are known as spring tides or king tides. Micromoons can lead to around 2 inches smaller variation than regular spring tides, called apogean spring tides.
Also, the International Space Station lies at an altitude of 250 miles above the Earth. By the way, that is 1.32 million feet. Most commercial airplanes fly between 33,000 to 42,000 feet.
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