It occurs to me that tomorrow, August 27th, some human may have a chance to pass closer to Mars than anyone else in recorded history. This could be someone at or near the sub-Martian point or someone on ISS. According to a very quick calculation based on a recent elset, this last might occur at about 2003-08-27 1005 UT. Or possibly some astronaut on a previous mission, especially an Apollo mission. There seem to be a number of potentially critical issues in making such a determination, and I think some of us here are among the most capable of, and possibly, interested in making the calculations. Cheers. Walter Nissen wnissen@tfn.net -81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation --- Americans have until Sunday to take full advantage of the National Do-Not-Call Registry. Go to www.donotcall.gov or call 1-888-382-1222. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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