Re: (SNES) Closest Approach Times

[edward magowan <edward_magowan@yahoo.com>]

...and wouldn't it be appropriate to view Mars from a
beach on Astrolabe Bay.  
--- Les Coleman <les11@cox.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> By now everyone who has access to a TV must know
> that tonight is when Mars and Earth reach
> their closest approach. The actual distance has been
> recomputed to indicate that we haven't
> been closer since 60,000 years ago. Tahiti will
> actually be the closest point at that
> instant (Mars will be directly overhead then and
> there).
> 
> Because of the Earth diameter (some 12,756 km) other
> points won't be as close. Adjusting
> for the Earth's rotation and when
> Mars is closest, the Red Plannet will be closest to
> us about 1:45 AM (actually on the
> 28th). That isn't the time of the closest
> approach (epicenter to epicenter), but the closest
> approach for us. We'll be between 3 and
> 4 thousand miles farther from Mars at our closet
> than the Tahitians.
> 
> Les Coleman
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