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Aug. 27th, 2010 12:24 pm
новостей хороших мало,зато марс-близко )) 60 тыщ лет ждали,- и вот дождались:On August 27, 2003, Mars made a historically tight approach to Earth, coming about 34.7 million miles (56 million kilometers) away.
Such a near pass hadn't happened in nearly 60,000 years, and it won't happen again until August 28, 2287. (See "Year's Best Mars View Tonight" [January 2010].)
In 2003 planetariums had sent out notices alerting stargazers of the real astronomical event. (Find out how to take part in "International Observe the Moon Night" next month.)
"At the time, through the telescope [Mars] looked as large as the full moon would with the naked eye,"lib.aldebaran.ru/author/yansson_tuve/yansson_tuve_mumitroll_i_kometa/yansson_tuve_mumitroll_i_kometa__2.html