Mars Attacks

[Repaid1]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS DATE: AUGUST 27TH

We Will Never See This Again in Our Lifetime

...nor will the people of the next 50-to-1,000 Lifetimes!

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

[brain]

I have seen this article a few times now and feel the need to point out a correction. It should read;

"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."

I know I'm being a little too nerdy and picky.

[MyNameIsDee]

It will probably be very cloudy and rainy on the 27th August or I will get sand in my eyes or there will be a hurricane or maybe the earth will end before we see Mars, but I know something will happen so we don't see whatever it is we should be seeing plus cos I am up north I prolly wont see anything anyway... or maybe my binoculars will break.... or simply I may forget!

[kaithlyn_d]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww dee

[MyNameIsDee]

Yes I always miss things like that - I went to Stonehenge a numbe rof years ago to see the sunrise and slept through it ..........................

[kaithlyn_d]

awwwwwwww dee. i once seen a real ghost

[MyNameIsDee]

I remember you telling me that heather. I seen a lot of weird things in my life hun lol

[kaithlyn_d]

lol i know i see some too

[MyNameIsDee]

heather I see dead people...................

[diaperwerx]

There is no such thing as ghosts.

[melbubs]

Everyone,

Check the facts first. The "close encounter" happened in 2003 and even then the above description was a bit of an exaggeration.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html

and

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watcht...achingmars.html

[Repaid1]

Opps should have done the research, okay don't worry Dee we all missed it by 3 years, go ahead and sleep in!