Tuesday January 30^th Mars and Uranus will reached their respective orbital positions that have them 180^o apart. Mars will be located at approximately 207.6^o and Uranus at approximately 27.6^o of heliocentric longitude. This called heliocentric opposition.
   Interestingly at their last heliocentric opposition, February 26^th 2016, Mars was located at approximately 200.0^o and Uranus at approximately 20.0^o of heliocentric longitude.
   
   
   

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