This August (2003) Mars will display an apparent diameter of 25.11 arc seconds at a distance of 55.76 AU.
The last time Mars appeared this large to terrestrial observers was in August 1924 when the Martian disk was 25.10 arc seconds in size. August 1845 offered a disk size of 25.09 arc seconds and August 1766, 25.08 arc seconds.
The closest distance of Mars this August will be 55.76 million kilometers, which is 0.3727 AU. Sorry about that brain cramp.
-- Philip R. "Pib" Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pibburns.com/
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