The Moon Is About to Make Mars Disappear for a Night
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The phenomenon is known as occultation and will see the moon block Mars from view.
Sky watchers will have their eyes peeled Wednesday night for a rare-ish celestial event: an “eclipse” of Mars. Weather or not Chicagoans will be able to view the show — pun intended — depends on the cloud cover.
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The Moon Is About to Make Mars Disappear for a Night
Clip: 12/7/2022 | 2m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Sky watchers will have their eyes peeled Wednesday night for a rare-ish celestial event: an “eclipse” of Mars. Weather or not Chicagoans will be able to view the show — pun intended — depends on the cloud cover.
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