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This composite image, from NASA's Galileo and Mars Global Survey orbiters, of Earth and Mars was created to allow viewers to gain a better understanding of the relative sizes of the two planets.
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Earth Mars Comparison

This composite image of Earth and Mars was created to allow viewers to gain a better understanding of the relative sizes of the two planets. The Earth image was acquired from the Galileo orbiter at about 6:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.3 million miles from the planet during the first of two Earth flybys on its way to Jupiter. The Mars image was acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor in April of 1999.

Image details

ID#:
PIA02570

Date added:
2000-11-03

Target:
Mars

Mission:
Galileo,Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)

Spacecraft:
Galileo Orbiter, Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter

Instruments:
Mars Orbiter Camera, Solid-State Imaging

Size:
2800 x 1824 pixels (width x height)

Rating:



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5,806

Full-Res TIFF:
PIA02570.tif (5.95 MB)

Full-Res JPG:
PIA02570.jpg (0.27 MB)

Image credit:
NASA/JPL