ONE TIME MARS event :)

[Peachee]

ONE-TIME MARS EVENT - PLEASE SHARE!!!!

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.

Share this with your children and grandchildren.


NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN

[Elsington]

Omg someone who appreciates astronomy :o You don't happen to have cute friends who share your interest do you? :D

[Slayne]

:thumbsup:

[Dardatheus]

Badass.

I'm not exactly an astronomy buff but I'll be checking this out away from the bright sky-obscuring lights of Boston.

Wasn't it said that Mars was the closest it has ever been about two or three years ago? That ended up being fairly disappointing, but then again I think I broke up with my girlfriend while watching the skies that night so that's probably why I have the association lmao.

Seriously though will it be ACTUALLY the size of the full moon, or just a slightly brighter twinkle in the sky, unappreciable without the aid of a telescope?

[Euphorie]

http://www.crystalinks.com/mars803.html notice the year!

Peachee have you lost two years? :o

[Demetrius]

http://www.crystalinks.com/mars803.html notice the year!

Peachee have you lost two years? :o

Maybe it's one of those chain e-mails that is just lagging a few years behind? :confused:

[Daenion]

rofl i remember seeing this and wondering wtf is that thing and then the next day i saw it on papers it really added something new to my allready drunk stage that night and i remember with my friends we concluded it was a big ass astroid which is gonna crush us.

[Dardatheus]

hahaha.

That's clearly the only logical direction to go with that while drunk.

It would have been way better if you drunkenly constructed a bunker in the wilderness stocked with survival supplies, a generator, router, stolen blizzard server, and computers to play 2-4 player WoW.

At that point bring on the fuckin apocalypse, I'll be chilling in a cave eating rodents 4-manning Ragnaros.

[Laibach]

http://buddhiyoga.org/0114.htm

It was my fault; I normally don't forward this shit but I was a little more gullible since it came from someone that I thought verified this was factual before forwarding it. Anyhow, a quick google search found this crap posted on a few sites, as well as the real (?) 2003 version (with slightly different text) at more reputable (maybe?) sites.


-lai

[Euphorie]

Omg a man who admits mistakes, never let Lai go Peach! :cool:

[Daenion]

Omg a man who admits mistakes, never let Lai go Peach! :cool:

OMG betty hitting on another man

[Toenexx]

It's all a hoax.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07jul_marshoax.htm

[Kalee]

well that's awesome at least it'll be really close in october.
i like astronomy so i'll be out there on my street with my 'scope checkin out mars :thumbsup: