Mars to invade our space
Date: Wednesday, July 30 @ 13:44:26 CDT
Topic: 3. Space News
Mars will come closer to Earth than it has in about 60,000 years next month
It will appear larger and brighter than normal.
On August 27, Earth and Mars less than 35 million miles apart.
In 1988, the last time people had a chance to observe Mars up close, it was two million miles further away.
"This isn't even once in a lifetime," said Daniel Bricker, 56, of the St Petersburg Astronomy Club in Florida.
"This is an event for all history of mankind. The Neanderthals were walking around the last time Mars got this close to Earth."
© Associated Press
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