Values from stk ver 5.02 Time of closest pasage of mars to earth approx 9:51:13 UTC Orbit used ISS 1 25544U 98067A 03238.86695007 .00017292 00000-0 20233-3 0 4019 2 25544 51.6325 24.3912 0007097 171.5608 285.4101 15.61645549272048 STK gives 55,753,352.778228 km as the approx distance of the iss to mars And for the spot on earth's surface approx closest to mars at 15.713000 S 143.304000 W 55,751,543.304624 km So good enough to tell me that spot on earth is closest, at the time mars is the closest to earth. For passes of the iss before and after the 9:51 closest approach. Approx times the iss nearest mars 27 Aug 2003 08:30:23.00 55,751,580.886801 27 Aug 2003 10:02:34.00 55,751,545.090891 Hope this helps Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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