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| | CNN.com - Earth braces for Mars close encounter - Aug. 26, 2003 |
 | | "Mars fever has caught, not only for amateur astronomers, who are getting their best look at the planet ever and that we'll ever have in our life, but also for professionals, as you know, with the [NASA] Mars Rovers and other spacecraft that are en route," said David Eicher, editor of Astronomy magazine. |
 | | Looking to the skies for the best view of the planet Mars in 60,000 years |
 | | Mars, five times closer now than six months ago, will be 34.6 million miles away, its closest brush with Earth in about 60,000 years, according to calculations by international astronomers. |
| www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/08/26/mars.closeup (598 words) |
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