EDUCATION
http://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/daniel.hs/instructional_staff/dubosega_webfolder/dubosega_astroevents.html

The word for this summer is Mars. The Red Planet will make its closest approach to earth in over 50,000 years this summer.

ASTRONOMY CLUB http://www.atm-workshop.com/wcac/future_talks.html

ASTRONOMY SOCIETY>br> http://www.laas.org/

Mars transits at 1:11 AM on August 27, and makes its closest approach to Earth at 1:20 AM, the closest we can expect to see Mars, for about the next 50,000 years or so.

CHRISTI MCAULIFF PLANETARIUM
http://www.starhop.com/pubclass.htm

August 20 - Exploration: Mars. Mars will be the closest to Earth it has been in the last 50,000 years this August! You and your little astronaut can learn all about the Red Planet

NEWSPAPER
http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-01-06/nationworld/43990.shtml

Mars, the Red Planet, will be making its closest approach to Earth in at least 50,000 years this summer. It will dazzle naked-eye stargazers

REFERENCE PAGE
http://www.kyes-world.com/planets.htm

This summer our rusty neighbor will be VERY close to Earth. In fact, it won't be even nearly as close again until the year 2082. It won't be precisely this close again for almost 28,000 years! The last time it was this close was at least 50,000 years ago!!!

PLANETARY SOCIETY - Mars News
http://www.marsnews.com/archive/

26-Jun-2003 - Planetary Society declares August 27, 2003 - Mars Day (Planetary Society) On August 27, the planet Mars will be closer to Earth than it has been in more than 50,000 years. To celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event, The Planetary Society is declaring to the world that August 27, 2003 be Mars Day.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle