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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2005-10-27-mars-flyby_x.htm
And this is an AP report, which means it's going out in every major news outlet (cnn has the same story, verbatim).
Say what? Second time in 60,000 years? Besides the 17 year cycle of close approaches, this one isn't even the second closest in 5 years! It's going to be 43 million miles away and the 2001 opposition was 42 million miles.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, appearing as a yellow twinkle in the night sky.
And this is an AP report, which means it's going out in every major news outlet (cnn has the same story, verbatim).
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