Mars Spectacular!

aged sounds so yesterday :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by DarthInsinuate

usually these once in a lifetime things occur when England is completely overcast

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Didn't this "once in a lifetime thing" also happen in 2003? :unsure:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars...ew_021108.html

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At 5:51 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2003, Mars will be within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) of Earth. This will be the closest that Mars has come to our planet in nearly 60,000 years.

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I may be on holiday at the end of August.

Does this mean I will have to wait 60,000 years for the 2287 event? :blink:

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Originally Posted by peat moss

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth

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:huh:

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Originally Posted by lynx

I may be on holiday at the end of August.

Does this mean I will have to wait 60,000 years for the 2287 event? :blink:

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I don't know.. Are you leaving Earth?

Where are you going that you won't be able to see Mars??? :unsure:

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

At 5:51 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2003, Mars will be within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) of Earth.

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Originally Posted by peat moss

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth

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:huh:

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

Didn't this "once in a lifetime thing" also happen in 2003? :unsure:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mars...ew_021108.html

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At 5:51 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2003, Mars will be within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) of Earth. This will be the closest that Mars has come to our planet in nearly 60,000 years.

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These 60,000 years simply fly by, don't they.

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

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Originally Posted by lynx

I may be on holiday at the end of August.

Does this mean I will have to wait 60,000 years for the 2287 event? :blink:

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I don't know.. Are you leaving Earth?

Where are you going that you won't be able to see Mars??? :unsure:

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potholing. :P

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Originally Posted by lynx

These 60,000 years simply fly by, don't they.

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Like the blink of an eye... ;)