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It is approximately 228 million km, or 142 million miles.

This number is average. Mars travels in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. Sometimes it gets closer and other times it's more distant. At its closest point, Mars is only 207 million km from the Sun. Astronomers call this point in a planet's orbit perihelion. And then at its most distant point, called aphelion.

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Mars's furthest point to the sun (Apogee) is 249 209 300 km or 1.665 861 AU(Astronomical Unit) and it's Perigee(Closest point) is 206 669 000 km or 1.381 497 AU. Due to it's elliptical orbit, it does not have a standard consistent distance from the sun.

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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system. It is approximately 142 million miles (228 million kilometers) away from the Sun on average.

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mars is 1.5 astronomical units from the sun

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no Mercury is!

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