diff --git a/toxics/mars.go b/toxics/mars.go
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+package toxics
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// The MarsToxic simulates the communication delay to Mars based on current orbital positions.
+// There are more accurate orbital models, but this is a simple approximation.
+// 
+// Further possibilities here:
+//   * drop packets entirely during solar conjunction
+//   * corrupt frames in the liminal period before/after conjunction
+//
+// We could to the hard block but we're kind of at the wrong layer to do corruption.
+type MarsToxic struct {
+	// Optional additional latency in milliseconds
+	ExtraLatency int64 `json:"extra_latency"`
+	// Reference time for testing, if zero current time is used
+	ReferenceTime time.Time `json:"-"`
+}
+
+// Since we're buffering for several minutes, we need a large buffer.
+// Maybe this should really be unbounded... this is actually a kind of awkward thing to model without
+// a, you know, hundred million kilometre long buffer of functionally infinite
+// capacity connecting the two points.
+func (t *MarsToxic) GetBufferSize() int {
+	return 1024 * 1024
+}
+
+// This is accurate to within a something like 1-2%, and probably not
+// hundreds/thousands of years away from 2000.
+// This is a simple sinusoidal approximation; a real calculation would require
+// quite a lot more doing (which could be fun, but...)
+func (t *MarsToxic) Delay() time.Duration {
+	// Constants for Mars distance calculation
+	minDistance := 54.6e6    // km at opposition
+	maxDistance := 401.0e6   // km at conjunction
+	meanDistance := (maxDistance + minDistance) / 2
+	amplitude := (maxDistance - minDistance) / 2
+	synodicPeriod := 779.96  // More precise synodic period in days
+	
+	// Calculate days since Jan 1, 2000
+	// July 27, 2018 was a recent opposition, which was day 6763 since Jan 1, 2000
+	baseDate := time.Date(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	var daysSince2000 float64
+	if !t.ReferenceTime.IsZero() {
+		daysSince2000 = t.ReferenceTime.Sub(baseDate).Hours() / 24
+	} else {
+		daysSince2000 = time.Since(baseDate).Hours() / 24
+	}
+	
+	// Calculate phase based on synodic period
+	phase := 2 * math.Pi * math.Mod(daysSince2000-6763, synodicPeriod) / synodicPeriod
+	
+	// Calculate current distance in kilometers
+	distanceKm := meanDistance - amplitude*math.Cos(phase)
+	
+	// Speed of light is exactly 299,792.458 km/s
+	speedOfLight := 299792.458 // km/s
+	
+	// One-way time = distance / speed of light
+	// Convert to milliseconds
+	delayMs := int64((distanceKm / speedOfLight) * 1000)
+	
+	// Add any extra latency specified
+	delayMs += t.ExtraLatency
+	
+	return time.Duration(delayMs) * time.Millisecond
+}
+
+func (t *MarsToxic) Pipe(stub *ToxicStub) {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-stub.Interrupt:
+			return
+		case c := <-stub.Input:
+			if c == nil {
+				stub.Close()
+				return
+			}
+			sleep := t.Delay() - time.Since(c.Timestamp)
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(sleep):
+				c.Timestamp = c.Timestamp.Add(sleep)
+					stub.Output <- c
+			case <-stub.Interrupt:
+				// Exit fast without applying latency.
+				stub.Output <- c // Don't drop any data on the floor
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Register("mars", new(MarsToxic))
+} 
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diff --git a/toxics/mars_test.go b/toxics/mars_test.go
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+package toxics_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy/v2/toxics"
+)
+
+func TestMarsDelayCalculation(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		date     time.Time
+		expected time.Duration
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "At Opposition (Closest)",
+			date:     time.Date(2018, 7, 27, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+			expected: 182 * time.Second, // ~3 minutes at closest approach
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "At Conjunction (Farthest)",
+			date:     time.Date(2019, 9, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), // ~400 days after opposition
+			expected: 1337 * time.Second, // ~22.3 minutes at farthest point
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			marsToxic := &toxics.MarsToxic{
+				ReferenceTime: tt.date,
+			}
+			
+			delay := marsToxic.Delay()
+			tolerance := time.Duration(float64(tt.expected) * 0.04) // 4% tolerance
+			if diff := delay - tt.expected; diff < -tolerance || diff > tolerance {
+				t.Errorf("Expected delay of %v (±%v), got %v (%.1f%% difference)", 
+					tt.expected, 
+					tolerance, 
+					delay,
+					float64(diff) / float64(tt.expected) * 100,
+				)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMarsExtraLatencyCalculation(t *testing.T) {
+	marsToxic := &toxics.MarsToxic{
+		ReferenceTime: time.Date(2018, 7, 27, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		ExtraLatency:  60000, // Add 1 minute
+	}
+
+	expected := 242 * time.Second // ~4 minutes (3 min base + 1 min extra)
+	delay := marsToxic.Delay()
+	
+	tolerance := time.Duration(float64(expected) * 0.03) // 3% tolerance
+	if diff := delay - expected; diff < -tolerance || diff > tolerance {
+		t.Errorf("Expected delay of %v (±%v), got %v (%.1f%% difference)", 
+			expected, 
+			tolerance, 
+			delay,
+			float64(diff) / float64(expected) * 100,
+		)
+	}
+}
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