tohmuda
08-25-2005, 12:07 PM
> Subject: Mars is going to be a second moon of earth for a day.- August
27th 2005
>
> Even if you are not into astrology, since this event can be viewed with
> naked eyes, no need for high-tech binoculars, look out for it come Aug,
> especially after our National day fireworks?
>
> Mars is going to be a second moon of earth for a day.
>
> NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.
>
> The Red Planet (MARS) 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. By August 27, 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.
>
27th 2005
>
> Even if you are not into astrology, since this event can be viewed with
> naked eyes, no need for high-tech binoculars, look out for it come Aug,
> especially after our National day fireworks?
>
> Mars is going to be a second moon of earth for a day.
>
> NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.
>
> The Red Planet (MARS) 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. By August 27, 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.
>