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MCQIntermediateCelestial Coordinates & Time
BAAO — 2021 Astronomy & Astrophysics Challenge
Question 5
When Mars has its opposition in 2022, an observer in the UK will see it in Taurus. In roughly which month will this opposition take place? [Mars’ opposition corresponds to when it is closest in its orbit to the Earth.]
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Source: British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (BAAO), Astronomy & Astrophysics Challenge 2021. Question text, answer-choice text, and answer were transcribed from the official BAAO paper and solutions PDFs; the explanation and metadata are original.