For example, service covered by the Foreign Service Pension System is potentially (but not fully) creditable when an employee waives his or her rights to benefits under that system and makes the required FERS deposit to OPM. Break in Service of Three Days or Less That Includes Dec. 31, 2012.
The average distance to Mars from Earth is 140,000,000 miles or 225,000,000 kilometers. However, this value varies because the Earth's orbit around the sun is smaller than Mars' orbit. Continue Reading
The average distance is approximately 225 million km ( or 1.50403 AU). The Earth has a shorter orbital period than Mars, it passes in between Mars and the Sun approximately every 780 days, or 2 years and 50 days. At that time , Mars is seen in the opposite direction from the Sun, at opposition. The time interval between Marsâ opposition and its least distance to Earth can be as large as 8 and a half days. In 2001, for example, opposition took place on June 13 but least distance was on June 21. Each opposition is followed by a very similar one 79 years later.