I-NASA yeHubble Space Telescope yafota uMars ngoJulayi 18, 2018 kufutshane nendlela yayo ekufutshane eMhlabeni ukusukela ngo-2003.I-NASA Kule nyanga, iMars isondele kunqabile eMhlabeni, esivumela ukuba sifumane umbono ocacileyo wommelwane wethu osondeleyo kwinkqubo yelanga kunye okanye ngaphandle kweteleskopu.
Iplanethi ebomvu izakwenza eyona ndlela ikufutshane eMhlabeni ngoLwesibini, Okthobha 6, kwizigidi ezingama-62 zeekhilomitha (38.6 yezigidi zeekhilomitha) kude. Ngcono nangakumbi, iMars iya kuba kwindawo yesibhakabhaka ebusuku eneenkwenkwezi ezimbalwa kakhulu, iyenze ibonakale ngeliso lenyama. Iya kubonakala njengechaphaza eliqaqambileyo kufutshane nenyanga. Kwaye ukuba unethamsanqa, usenokude ubambe iJupiter kunye neSaturn ezibengezelayo ngaphezulu kolundi.
Ukufumana eyona mbono intle yeMars, sicebisa ukuba ufumane itshathi yesibhakabhaka ukufumanisa apho iplanethi iya kuba kwisibhakabhaka ebusuku kwindawo okuyo. Phoswa lithuba, kwaye kuya kufuneka ulinde de kube ngu-2035 ukuze uMars asondele kwakhona.
UMars noMhlaba zombini zihamba zijikeleza ilanga kumjikelezo we-elliptical, kwicala elinye kodwa ngesantya esahlukileyo. Ngamaxesha athile banokusondela kakhulu omnye komnye. Owona mhlangano usondeleyo kuxa iiplanethi ezimbini zifikelela kwinkcaso (xa uMhlaba ukude kunelanga ngelixa iMars ikufutshane nelanga), ngelo xesha bakumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-55 ezigidi (33.9 yezigidi zeekhilomitha) ngaphandle.
Ezi ndlela zisondeleyo zikwadala iiwindows ezifanelekileyo zemishini kaMars njengoko inciphisa amafutha kunye nexesha elifunekayo lokufika apho.
Ukucwangciswa okunjalo kwenzeka phantse rhoqo kwiminyaka emibini. Kodwa kunqabile ukuba uMars noMhlaba zilungelelane ngokugqibeleleyo ukwenza i-engile yokujonga ngokucacileyo kwisibhakabhaka ebusuku.
Eyona ndlela ikufutshane yeMars-Earth eyakhe yarekhodwa ngo-2003, xa iPlanethi ebomvu yayingama-55.7 ezigidi zeekhilomitha (34.6 yezigidi zeekhilomitha) kude nathi. Isondele kakhulu ngo-2018 kwakhona kwiikhilomitha ezizizigidi ezingama-57.6 (i-35.8 yezigidi zeekhilomitha) kude.
Okwangoku kusehlotyeni kwiPlanethi ebomvu, ehambelana nomngcipheko omkhulu wesaqhwithi sothuli, evumela ababukeli bezulu ukuba babone izinto ezingaphezulu kubandakanya ikepusi yomkhenkce.
UMars uya kuhlala eqaqambile kwaye emise kakuhle ekuboneni ngo-Okthobha wonke. 
Ukujonga inyanga kunye neplanethi kaMars, njengoko kubonwe kwisiXeko saseBogota ngo-Okthobha 02, 2020.UDaniel Garzon Herazo / NurPhoto nge-Getty Izithombe
