Landmarks / Mars at its closest
Mars at its closest
About 54.6 million km at the closest possible approach.
- Real height
- 54.6 million km
- Points needed
- 1242
- Zone
- Deep space
- Landmark
- 22 of 25
About Mars at its closest
Mars comes closest to Earth, about 54.6 million km, only under the most favourable conditions. Typical close approaches are more like 60 to 100 million km.
Spacecraft usually take around seven months to travel there. Several rovers are working on its surface, and its dusty red colour comes from iron oxide.
Mars at its closest in Clamber
You reach this landmark at 1242 points. It sits beyond the Moon, so you will only get here in Endless mode, where the ladder never ends. Its real height is about 142 times that of the previous landmark, The Moon.
Answers are worth 0 to 100 points depending on how rare they are, so even a run of nothing but the rarest answers needs at least 13 holds to get here. A fall drops you to just below the last landmark you passed, so a landmark you have reached can slip away again. See how to play for the full rules.