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Time for a Mars “close-up”! 📸

About every 26 months, the orbit of Mars makes its closest approach to Earth – and December 8 is the next time!

This Hubble image shows Mars before its closest approach back in 2016: https://go.nasa.gov/3iMazJ9
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New Hubble Portrait of Mars

Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of Mars on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50 million miles from Earth, revealing details as small as 20 to 30 miles across.
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