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THE OPPOSITION OF MARS.—At midnight on August 22-23, Mars will be nearer the earth than it has been for more than a century. The conditions are, in fact, the best possible for a close approach. These conditions are attained when opposition occurs a week before Mars passes perihelion, from the fact that the earth is then nearer to its aphelion.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 114, 254 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114254a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114254a0