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| missy |
| 08/11/03 at 02:32:23 |
| [slm] everyone, I thought maybe some of you might be interested in this. This month, Mars is going to be the closest it has been to Earth in thousands of years. Here's an email I got. You can see it at night, it's very bright, and they say it will get bigger as the month goes by. This month and next Earth is catching up with Mars, 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. The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles 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 he naked eye. (I don't know about that, it would be pretty awesome if it does get that big though! We'll have to wait and see though..) At the beginning of August Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. But 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 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history. So keep watching the skies! |
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| samr |
| 08/11/03 at 10:40:02 |
| bsmlah salam u started it buddy now am start thinking of mars agen. and what i think is that the jinn long time ago was living there but it is just what I think ok? n e way ppl says that MaRs once got water on it becas there r traces. like a a big sea have been there. and that it got red sky in normal time and blue when it is sunset g2g jazakum allahu 5airan jamee3a |
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| Trustworthy |
| 08/11/03 at 12:42:46 |
| [slm] Love astronomy. Thanks for the info. I'll be watching. Ma-asalaama... |
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| samr |
| 08/11/03 at 14:44:57 |
| so u mean we r going 2 c a red ball in the size of the moon 2night right? |
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| samr |
| 08/15/03 at 04:34:58 |
| salamz ok i belive u becas i heard it on the TV last night but do u know were we can c it i know in the night but will it sit next 2 the moon or what. |
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| missy |
| 08/16/03 at 21:36:30 |
| [slm], I didn't look last night, but, it's in the same area as the moon, at least where I live it is, it may be in a different location in different parts of the world. |
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| momineqbal |
| 08/17/03 at 01:36:09 |
| [slm], It will not look anything near to the size of the moon. It will look like a very bright star, a little less bright than venus. The first post says Mars might look the size of the moon ad 75 power magnification, I am not even sure about that. Check out this article at nasa for more information: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/18jun_approachingmars.html |
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