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Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Mars Viewing on Aug 27, 2003
Get your binoculars and telescopes ready! Tomorrow, August 27, 2003, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in thousands of years. The next time Mars will be this close to Planet Earth will be in 60,000 years. Awww.
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Thanks for reminding me about that! I\’ve already seen it once, but tomorrow should be when it\’s closest.
actually its the closest its been FOR 60,000 years. It will get closer in 2287, only 180 odd years away.
Mars makes an opposition (closest point to the sun) when earth is at its furthest away from the sun every 15ish years. The event of this month and in particular tonight is just another 15 year cycle. Granted it is closer than it has been for a long time, although still the distance between the planets is less than 1% closer than the one in 1971. Although Mars looks awesome so bright, and hopefully if the clouds clear in the next 2 hours I might get a decent look at \’the\’ moment, it isn\’t anythign remarkably special.