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18-July-2005, 06:34 PM
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Mars close encounter, another round
No, it's not the infamous email
Of course, Mars comes close to the Earth every 2.2 years about, and this NASA article describes the advantages of launching Mars probes in the month before closest Earth approach. It also describes the nice display that Mars will put on at the end of October--and for the impatient, its close approach to the fat crescent moon in a few days. However, it says that the day is Wednesday, July 29. I'm thinking they might have meant Wednesday, July 27. 
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18-July-2005, 07:35 PM
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19-July-2005, 05:08 PM
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LOL. Oops. Well, they'll still be there on Wednesday.
 PS: Mars is in the negative magnitudes right now, and has an 11 arcsecond disk. As the Earth gradually catches up to it, it will rise earlier and earlier, and brighten up to better than -2 at the end of October. With a disc of 20 arcseconds--in August of 2003, when it was "so close", it was only up to 25 arcseconds, so it's still going to be a good view.
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19-July-2005, 07:24 PM
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19-July-2005, 07:36 PM
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I guess I should have put "fat crescent moon" in quotes--those were NASA's words
Looks like they may need retraining after all.
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