ANDP("ntn"); Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_xp1='';Ads_yp1='';Ads_opt=0;Ads_wrd='[KeyWord]';Ads_prf='';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';Ads_sec=0;Ads_channels=''; News Video Images ... Site Map SPECIAL NEWS Return to Flight REDNOVA NEWS Space Science Technology Health ... Video News REDNOVA EXTRAS RedNova E-Mail My RedNova Join RedNova RSS Feeds ... Tell A Friend, Win $500 Ads by Google Posted on: Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 06:55 CDT E-mail this to a friend Printable version Discuss this story in the forum Change Font Size: A A A A Breathtaking Close Encounter With Mars Click to enlarge Credit: NASA Earth and Mars will have a breathtaking close encounter in October 2005. Science@NASA By the time you finish reading this sentence, you'll be 25 miles closer to the planet Mars. Earth is racing toward Mars at a speed of 23,500 mph, which means the red planet is getting bigger and brighter by the minute. In October, when the two planets are closest together, Mars will outshine everything in the night sky except Venus and the Moon. (You're another 50 miles closer: keep reading!) It's only May, now, but Mars is already eye-catching. You can see it early in the morning, rising before the sun in the eastern sky, shining almost twice as bright as a 1st-magnitude star. A sky map, below, shows where to find Mars on Tuesday morning, May 31st, when it appears beautifully close to the Moon. | |
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