This year, during August, Mars will be at its closest to the Earth; so close, in fact, that it will appear as large as the full Moon."Have you heard this urban legend be-fore? Since 2003, emails de- scribing this myth have circulated the internet usually during July or August. It all started during the opposition of August 2003 when Mars was about as close as it can be to the Earth(55,755,723 km [34,645,000 mi.])in a 20-year cycle of varying distances at opposition. Since then, usually around August, misinformation about the appearance of Mars circulates around the internet.
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