[DOC] [TLE] Close Encounters with Mars | Science Mission Directorate [PAR] Aug 25, 2003 ... Everyone on our planet will be close to Mars--but somewhere, ... August 25, 2003
: At 09:51 universal time (UT) on August 27th, Earth makes its closest approach to 
Mars in nearly 60,000 years. .... The nearest populated island is Tahiti, less than 
two degrees of latitude away from the "sub-Mars point."... [DOC] [TLE] Mars Close Approaches Archives - Mars Home - NASA [PAR] But it's only about one-third of the average 140 million miles (225 million 
kilometers) between the two. In 2003, Mars came closer to Earth than in the 
previous 60,000 years. ... within a day of reaching the closest point possible 
between the two planets. ... That was the closest that the two planets will be until 
August 28, 2287! [DOC] [TLE] Mars hoax - Wikipedia [PAR] The Mars hoax was a hoax circulated by e-mail that began in 2002, that claimed 
that Mars would look as large as the full Moon to the naked eye on August 27, 
2003. The hoax, which has since resurfaced every year from 2005 through 2016, 
... Mars was closer to the Earth in August 2003 (at the opposition) than it had 
been... [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #4598, aired 2004-09-08 [PAR] My newt, seen here, gets offended when people call it a lizard--it's .... On August 
27, 2003 this planet reached its closest point to Earth in nearly... [DOC] [TLE] Mars Has Close Encounter With Earth Tonight - Space.com [PAR] Mar 5, 2012 ... The planet Mars will make its closest approach to Earth on Monday, March 5, ... 
more than two years tonight (March 5), just days after reaching a celestial 
milestone ... 27, 2003, when the Red Planet was about 34.6 million miles (55.7 
million km) from our planet  its closest approach in nearly 60,000 years. [DOC] [TLE] Here Comes Mars! Red Planet Makes Closest Earth Approach Since ... [PAR] May 27, 2016 ... Look out for Mars' closest approach to Earth on Monday (May 30), when ... By Joe 
Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist | May 27, 2016 ... 26, 2003, when the 
Red Planet was 34.7 million miles from Earth. The picture was taken just 11 
hours before Mars made its closest approach to us in 60,000 years. [DOC] [TLE] No double moon in 2016, or ever | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky [PAR] Aug 23, 2016 ... Will Mars and the moon will appear the same size at some point in 2016? Gosh, 
no. What's ... event in 2003. On August 27 of that year, Earth and Mars came very 
slightly closer than they'd been in nearly 60,000 years. ... Was Mars as big and 
bright as the moon, even at its closest in 2003? Never. But the... [DOC] [TLE] Mars Perihelic Opposition August 2003 - swosu [PAR] Aug 19, 2003 ... On August 27, 2003, at 4:51 AM CDT, Mars will pass a mere 34,646,418 miles 
from Earth. ... No, because while this is the closest approach in nearly 60,000 
years, ... be turning their telescopes of all sized toward the Red Planet for a look. 
... and reaching its highest point in the southern sky around 1:30 AM. [DOC] [TLE] Check it out, guess no one will get much sleep in August. Mars [PAR] The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! ... Mars and perturbs its orbit, 
astronomers can only be ... closest approach between Mars and. Earth was on 
August. 27, 2003. ... Earth and. Mars will be in 2287 or will not happen for another 
60,000 years. ... closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its ... (The point of 
minimum. [DOC] [TLE] August 27 | stupidbadmemes [PAR] Aug 30, 2014 ... Posts about August 27 written by LC. ... At its closest approach (called perihelion) 
Earth is approximately 147 million kilometers from the Sun. ... million kilometers,

Question: On August 27, 2003 this planet reached its closest point to Earth in nearly 60,000 years
Answer: Mars