Hum,
yeah, these posts keep reappearing.
On August 27th 2003, Mars came within 55,760,000 km, or 0.3727 AU, of the Earth, that was the
closest perihelic opposition of Mars in
60000 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3093693.stm
Currently, Mars is near the red star Regulus, the brightest star in
LEO Leo.
edit by antoniseb to change LEO to Leo