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Mars Swings Unusually Close to Earth

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the violating-personal-space dept.

amazon10x writes "Mars will come unusually close to the Earth on Saturday; the second time in 60,000 years. The last occurrence was in 2003. 'This is the best we're going to see Mars, so we should strike the iron while it is hot,' said Kelly Beatty, executive editor of Sky & Telescope magazine. The Red Planet will be 43.1 million miles from Earth at 11:25pm [Eastern time]." Update by J : Starting a few hours after sunset, look fairly high in the eastern sky.

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  1. Re:Wow. by Cat_Byte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The sad thing is you were modded Insightful.

    Until now. The moderators hit the crack early today didn't they?

    Re:Wow.(Score:3, Interesting)

    WTF?

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  2. If you dont.... by doctorjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    forward this message to 10000 billion people .. you will die! Wasnt this a chain mail 3 years ago? Wasnt it supposed to be real, then it kept on circulating for years after that... But CNN and BBC is saying it so it must be real