How far away is Mars?

I knew space is big.... really really big (thank you Douglas Adams) but this may give a little insight on the distance to one of our closest neighbours.

http://distancetomars.com/

damn it !

you'll have to excuse my stupid spelling mistake, Are should read How - DOH !

damn it !

you'll have to excuse my stupid spelling mistake, Are should read How - DOH !

Changed it for you :)

damn it !

you'll have to excuse my stupid spelling mistake, Are should read How - DOH !

Are you, by any chance, a relation of Sir Les Patterson the stylish Australian cultural attache?

@hazelnut

Thank you.

@northern

Uncle Les is related to all Australians. :)

@hazelnut

Thank you.

@northern

Uncle Les is related to all Australians. :)

I thought you might be too young to remember, but I remember being annoyed, with Barry Humphries, because I preferred Sir Les to Dame Edna.

Barry definitely had the lecherous Les down as the supporting act.

its surprising that at such distances indeed still works gravity ...

its surprising that at such distances indeed still works gravity ...

From a cable channel science show I watched years ago astronomers stated the Earth is on the outer edges of Jupiter's massive gravity.

its surprising that at such distances indeed still works gravity ...

surprising? - kind of! :) , it is the Sun, sitting at the bottom of our solar system-wide gravity well after all, that keeps all 9 planets in orbit. (yes 9, it will always be 9 from this old boys' schooling)

but it is amazing!

Dark matter :ph34r:

Dark matter matters