Misc - Skywatchers await Mars close-up
Mars is ready for another close-up.
For the second time in nearly 60,000 years, the Red Planet will swing unusually close to Earth this weekend.
On Saturday, Mars' orbit will bring it 43.1 million miles away from Earth, with its closest pass scheduled for 11:25 p.m. EDT.
The two planets -- normally separated by about 140 million miles -- will not be this close again until 2018.
Mars will still seem small to the naked eye, appearing about the size of a penny seen from 620 feet away.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/10/27/mars.close.up.ap/index.html
For the second time in nearly 60,000 years, the Red Planet will swing unusually close to Earth this weekend.
On Saturday, Mars' orbit will bring it 43.1 million miles away from Earth, with its closest pass scheduled for 11:25 p.m. EDT.
The two planets -- normally separated by about 140 million miles -- will not be this close again until 2018.
Mars will still seem small to the naked eye, appearing about the size of a penny seen from 620 feet away.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/10/27/mars.close.up.ap/index.html
posted by Ricardo Antunes at 11:09
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