<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mars">Mars</a> makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing <span about="#mwt82" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"34646418"},"2":{"wt":"mi"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAXc" typeof="mw:Transclusion">34,646,418 miles (55,758,005</span><span about="#mwt82" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt82">km)</span> distant.