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On 2002-07-15 09:17, nebularain wrote:
I was able to see why Venus is the brightest object in the sky - relatively speaking, its orbit is so very close to the Earth's! Mars' orbit, on the other hand, is pretty far out in comparison.
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It's also half the radius that Venus is, which alone would reduce its relative brightness by 1.5 (5 / log 1/2) magnitudes.