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THE planet Mars is now a conspicuous object in the evening sky, its ruddy, brilliant disc appearing just below the great square of Pegasus, and astronomers the world over are once more seizing the opportunities presented by a favourable opposition for the further solution of the Martian enigma. The actual opposition will not take place until September 23d. 22h., or 10 a.m. on September 24, civil date.
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ROLSTON, W. The Approaching Opposition of Mars . Nature 81, 336–338 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081336a0
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