MARS

[[EoM]Pr0c3550r[Q2C]]

Subject: MARS; A SPECTACULAR SIGHT !



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Mars


The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!

This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that
will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in
recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is
in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on
Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be
certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth
in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as
60,000 years before it happens again.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and
will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9
and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest
75-power magnification



Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the
beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m.
and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.

By the end of August when the two planets are
closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its
highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty
convenient to see something that no human being has
seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at
the beginning of August to see Mars grow
progressively brighter and brighter throughout the
month.


NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN

[nooodles]

sounds exciting but unfortuately not likely, mars will most likely look just a tad larger than it normally does, more like a star. If it does happen to look as big as the moon, then I suggest that you close your eyes, click your heels and repeat, there's no place like home, there's no place like home. because it would be on a collision course with the earth and it's gravitational pull would have already caused havoc and you would only have a matter of days or weeks before you became a martian.;D

[[EoM]Pr0c3550r[Q2C]]

Thanks for clearing that up, I was wondering about that.

Our Local space Xpert.

[LOLLERS]

WHEN DID U START WORKING TO NASA NOW??

[Mr X]

LISTEN UP!!!! THE ABOVE ARTICLE IS A CROCK OF s-h-!-t
I don't want to be a preacher here but unfortunately it's me to the rescue being all smart with my internet research.

Number one: simple 'how to detect an internet false story'
No exact dates are given, things like 'yesterday''this month''last month' are used, tricking the casual observer when no actual date is given.

Actual factual date where mars comes closest to earth was in 2003!
RIGHT HERE> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003#August check for yourself. The last date, the 27!

Okay, the second part was right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2287#Astronomical_predictions_for_the_23rd_century
Sunday, August 28, 2287: The distance between Mars and Earth closes toward its minimum, the closest approach of the two planets since Wednesday, August 27, 2003.

Another statement, refuted and busted.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and
will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky.It will attain a magnitude of -2.9
and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
"Mars can be seen from Earth by the naked eye with a brightness of up to -2.9 magnitude, only surpassed by Venus, the Moon and the Sun."


MORE FACTS

www.space.com/spacewatch/mars_10_closest_030822.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

On August 27, 2003, at 9:51:13 UT, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years: 55,758,006 km (approximately 35 million miles) without Light-time correction. This occurred when Mars was one day from opposition and about three days from its perihelion, making Mars particularly easy to see from Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have been on September 12, 57,617 BC. Detailed analysis of the solar system's gravitational landscape forecasts an even closer approach in 2287. However, this record approach was only very slightly closer than other recent close approaches. For instance, the minimum distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 AU, compared to 0.37271 AU on August 27, 2003, and the minimum distance on August 24, 2208 will be 0.37278 AU.

tips for next time
Cite your sources. Use 'real dates'! Don't send me links to interesting things on this webpage if you don't want to get embarrassed by me.

[[EoM]Pr0c3550r[Q2C]]

pro said:

Thanks for clearing that up, I was wondering about that.

Our Local space Xpert.

Thanks again ALL for clearing that up for me.
I feel so special.

[[EoM]Console]

useless links , Mr X ?!??!

You sent me this just 2 days ago.


WTF?