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February 25, 2009

Marching Mars

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Simple one for the day. What is this called?

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Cracked by: duriel , Raghuvansh , shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , nisha’s thambi , Martin , Sharada , Dibyo , username , priyananda , calvin , Vivek , AmK , p vs np , Mo , Ananth , Aparna , udupendra , nisha’s thambi , malcaluffin , SGK , Siddharth Jain , sand and shrik.

Answer:

Retrograde motion of Mars. One of the first things we learned in Astronomy Olympiad classes :)

26 Responses to “Marching Mars”

  1. duriel Says:

    Retrograde motion of mars.

    hehe… good i took up astronomy this sem :)


  2. Raghuvansh Says:

    Retrograde motion of Mars


  3. shenoyvarun86 Says:

    Retrograde motion of Planets

    shenoyvarun86

  4. Goyal Says:

    retrograde motion


  5. nisha's thambi Says:

    Retrograde motion


  6. Martin Says:

    The Opposition of Mars, when the Earth and Sun and Mars are at opposite sides of earth


  7. Sharada Says:

    Mars in retrograde motion.

    http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allab.....sky04.html


  8. Dibyo Says:

    Apparent retrograde motion of Mars as seen from Earth

    Dibyo

  9. username Says:

    Retrograde Motion of mars

    http://www.lasalle.edu/~smiths.....ograd.html


  10. priyananda Says:

    Retrograde Motion


  11. calvin Says:

    Retrograde Motion..


  12. Vivek Says:

    The Retrograde Loop of Mars, 1997


  13. AmK Says:

    Retrograde motion, of Mars in this case.


  14. p vs np Says:

    Retro => Backwards
    Gradi => Move

    What results, is the retrograde motion, in this case, the apparent retrograde motion of Mars, as observed in ‘97


  15. Chandler Says:

    The Mars PathFinder.


  16. Mo Says:

    Retrograde Loop of Mars, 1997


  17. Ananth Says:

    Retrograde Loop of Mars.

    Ananth

  18. Aparna Says:

    Mars retrograde


  19. K.S.Manish Says:

    Mars sign in astrology tables


  20. udupendra Says:

    Retrograde motion.

    udupendra

  21. nisha's thambi Says:

    Retrograde Motion of mars


  22. malcaluffin Says:

    retrogression of mars


  23. SGK Says:

    Retrograde motion of Mars


  24. Siddharth Jain Says:

    Mars Retrograde Loop


  25. sand Says:

    retrogade motion.


  26. shrik Says:

    retrograde motion of Mars.

    shrik

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