- Mars Watch: Complete Viewer's Guide
SPACE.com article explaining why Mars will be so close to Earth in August 2003. Also offers maps and charts for tracking the Red Planet.
www.space.com/spacewatch/where_is_mars.html
- Mars Opposition: A Close Look at Mars
Article discussing how Mars will be closest it has been in recorded history on August 27, 2003; a mere 34,650,000 miles away.
www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/mars-oppositions.html
- Summer of Mars: What You'll See, How to Observe
Maps and charts, skywatching tips and terms, eclipse information, and more for the 2003 Mars opposition from SPACE.com.
www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_observing_030613.html
- Mars: Observing the 2003 Summer Opposition
Directory of articles, images, maps, and Northern California observatories that will be open to the public.
www.whiteoaks.com/jane/Mars
- Opposition of Mars August 2003
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Factsheet from the Astronomical Society of Australia discusing how the 2003 event will be the closest the Earth has been to the Red Planet in 70,000 years.
www.astronomy.org.au/ngn/media/client/100220_Infosheet_13.pdf
- Mars at Its All-Time Finest
Sky & Telescope article about how to observe the Red Planet that will reach magnitude -2.9 and will dominate the southern sky in late August 2003.
www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/3307776.html
- Mars' Close Passage to Earth
Describes how mars will look like a brilliant orange star in the constellation Aquarius during the month of August 2003.
www.stardate.org/resources/news/mars2003
- Mars Cycle and the 2003 Close Encounter, The
Introduction to the astronomy and the astrology of the 2003 opposition of Mars.
www.lunarplanner.com/HCpages/Mars2003.html#Top
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