Mars, closer than ever!?

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Germán Campopiano (Oberkomando) Captain

mars will be closer then ever the 26 of this month...

check the link about why:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_orbit_030121-1.html

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VegasFlyer Chief Captain

Very useful info. Thanks 😀

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Alec Stelloh (Thunderbirdman2) First Officer

yea i was watching that last year in my telescope nice sitings i would have forgot about if it wasnt for u thanks

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VegasFlyer Chief Captain

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simon roourke (simon123) First Officer

will be looking out for it!
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Guest Ed Guest

Oberkomando wrote:

mars will be closer then ever the 26 of this month...

check the link about why:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_orbit_030121-1.html

Uh, I think you need to check the date on that page:

"21 January 2003"

I kind of thought that sounded like old news. . . 😉

Ed

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VegasFlyer Chief Captain

Oops! 🍻

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Germán Campopiano (Oberkomando) Captain

Yes i know that, but was the explaining info i gave, but i saw in the TV, this year Mars will be seen even closer than.

Sorry for the date... 😕

Madbrit Guest

Here's the last couple of lines from the article:

A handful of even closer oppositions, seven to be exact, will occur between the August 2003 event and the year 3000, according to new calculations by Standish recently provided to SPACE.com. The next one that will be closer than this year's occurs in 2287.

The closest of all comes in 2729, when Mars will be about 34,580,000 miles (55,651,000 kilometers) from Earth

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Alec Stelloh (Thunderbirdman2) First Officer

Thats really close for mars

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