* 2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60, 000 years, passing distant.

* 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn

* 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.

* 1969 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars ( 3, 524 kilometers ).

The earliest inhabitants of most of the land area that makes up today's Finland and Scandinavia were in all likehood hunter-gatherers whose closest successors in modern terms would probably be the Sami people ( formerly known as the Lapps ).

* 2004 – Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.

* 1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

* 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.

This makes it one of the closest star systems to the Sun, and the next-closest spectral class-G star after Alpha Centauri A.

** The Comet Hale-Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.

* August 5 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars ( 3, 524 kilometers ).

* April 9 – Comet Austin, the brightest comet visible from Earth since 1975, makes its closest approach to the sun.

* November 10 – November 12 – Voyager program: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn, when it flies within 77, 000 miles of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.

** The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.

* March 5 – Voyager I makes its closest approach to Jupiter at 172, 000 miles.

** Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune.

Not really a character, but the closest thing he has to a recurring sidekick and frequently makes " talk " via squeaky-voiced ventriloquism.

The ' Ba ' ( b3 ) is in some regards the closest to the contemporary Western religious notion of a soul, but it also was everything that makes an individual unique, similar to the notion of ' personality '.

They are narrower at the closest point to the viewer ( standing at the rear of the château ) than at their farthest point ; this makes them appear closer to the viewer.

Hank loves his job very much, but throughout the series always makes a big deal out of it when his closest friends and even family find his occupation boring and somewhat useless.

The unique aspect of Switzerland ’ s government and politics is that any one citizen can challenge any law voted by federal parliament and any citizen can introduce a new amendment to the federal constitution, which makes Switzerland the closest example of a direct democracy in the world today.

Although his mature paintings seem to be so many depictions of frivolous fêtes galantes, they in fact display a sober melancholy, a sense of the ultimate futility of life, that makes him, among 18th century painters, one of the closest to modern sensibilities.

The warm Kuroshio Current makes its closest contact with the Japanese coast at Owase, and combined with the high mountains falling almost to the sea, this gives Owase an extremely heavy annual rainfall of, which is the highest in the world in subtropical and warm temperate latitudes.

* August 5-Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars ( 3, 524 kilometers ).

This makes it easier for students to learn the basics of double entry bookkeeping.

Nuclear power in Japan makes a quarter of electricity production and Japan would like to double it in the next decades.

The coastline extends from 26 ° 52 ' S. to 10 ° 40 ' S., and from south to north makes a double curve with a general trend outward to the east.

) The double exponential complexity of the theory makes it infeasible to use the theorem provers on complicated formulas, but this behavior occurs only in the presence of nested quantifiers: Oppen and Nelson ( 1980 ) describe an automatic theorem prover which uses the simplex algorithm on an extended Presburger arithmetic without nested quantifiers.

This group makes the molecule less stable because when not constrained in a double helix, the 2 ' hydroxyl can chemically attack the adjacent phosphodiester bond to cleave the phosphodiester backbone.

The disadvantage of this is the long, heavy pull that cocks the hammer makes the double action revolver much harder to shoot accurately than a single-action revolver ( although cocking the hammer of a double action reduces the length and weight of the trigger pull ).

To cut the DNA, a restriction enzyme makes two incisions, once through each sugar-phosphate backbone ( i. e. each strand ) of the DNA double helix.

This translates to double the sensitivity and also makes the Costas loop uniquely suited for tracking doppler-shifted carriers esp.

The conversation still makes sense due to uses of common phrases that can be used as either greetings or farewells (" Good day ") and the positioning of lines which double as an answer to a question in the next line.

Basic front-suspension configuration is double wishbone ( made compulsory for both makes through Project Blueprint ), whilst rear suspension is a " live axle " design, using 4 longitudinal links and Watt's linkage for lateral location.

While her demeanor is superficially cheerful, she makes judgmental comments about Mary, exchanges personal insults with Murray, and uses many sexual double entendres, especially around Lou, to whom she is strongly attracted.

" However, although Hardy clearly means to criticise Victorian notions of female purity, the double standard also makes the heroine's tragedy possible, and thus serves as a mechanism of Tess's broader fate.

* Paix ( Peace )-Equivalent to double or quits ; that is, when the punter having won, does not choose to paroli and risk his stake, but bends or makes a bridge of his card, signifying that he ventures his gains only.

For existing unsynchronized tractors, the methods of circumvention are double clutching or power-shifting, both of which require the operator to rely on skill to speed-match the gears while shifting, and are undesirable from a risk-mitigation standpoint because of what can go wrong if the operator makes a mistake – transmission damage is possible, and loss of vehicle control can occur if the tractor is towing a heavy load either uphill or downhill – something that tractors often do.

Such issue leads to a “ double sense of national belonging ,” that makes one not sure of where he or she belongs to because according to Brian A. Jacob, multicultural education impacts on student ’ s “ relations, attitudes, and behaviors ” ( Jacob 364 ).

Due to double spill-over, this makes more sense for a large dish.

Use of a Statistical Process Control ( SPC ) software in conjunction with a manual double-seam monitor, computerized double seam scanner, or even a fully automatic double seam inspection system makes the laborious process of double seam inspection faster and much more accurate.

In his paper on the RID factors, Pia makes a number of observations on the role, and the required behavior and training, of lifeguards, as well as the importance of administrators directing lifeguards to this role and avoiding double tasking them ( due to the very brief time of 20-60 seconds required for drowning to occur ).

It makes substantial sacrifices in tone compared to traditional single or double horns in order to do this, owing to the different tubing configuration and grip.

In organic chemistry, a hydration reaction is a chemical reaction in which a hydroxyl group ( OH < sup >−</ sup >) and a hydrogen cation ( an acidic proton ) are added to the two carbon atoms bonded together in the carbon-carbon double bond which makes up an alkene functional group.

" This bonus disc is known as Side Four ; the disc's title reflects the fact that the bonus material makes up the fourth side of the double LP edition of the album.