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Published online 23 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030818-21
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All eyes on red planet
Mars zooms in this week for closest approach in 60,000 years.
Mars is sneaking up on us this week. On 27 August the red planet will be less than 56 million kilometres from Earth, the closest it's been for 60,000 years.
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