Here's a fun one: can you see Earth and the Moon together with your naked eye... from Mars?
I do the math!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-see-the-earth-and-moon-from-mars/
@badastro @Moutmout Thanks for this article! :-)
Asimov dedicated a short story from his Black Widowers series to such a question, but IIRC he overestimated a bit the Moon's brightness seen from Mars.
I'd say my favourite photo of the Earth & Moon in Mars' night sky is this one, taken by Curiosity:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia17936-bright-evening-star-seen-from-mars-is-earth/
Asimov dedicated a short story from his Black Widowers series to such a question, but IIRC he overestimated a bit the Moon's brightness seen from Mars.
I'd say my favourite photo of the Earth & Moon in Mars' night sky is this one, taken by Curiosity:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia17936-bright-evening-star-seen-from-mars-is-earth/
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