Rare Opposition of MARS on 27 August 2003

[Guest guest]

Hi Friends,

 

Don't be alarmed when it looks like we have 2 Moons in August! Never again in

your lifetime will the Red Planet-Mars be so spectacular!

 

This month on August 27th, the Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that

will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded

history. This means that Earth is at its closest it can be to Mars. Therefore

it will appear brighter in the sky than it does at any other time and larger in

angular size, so is the best time to observe Mars.

 

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 large as the moon. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August,

Mars 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 12:30 a.m.That's pretty convenient

when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history.

So

mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grows progressively

brighter and brighter throughout the month. Share with your friends, children

and grandchildren and with everyone you know, as No one alive today will ever

see this again, until 2287 AD.

 

Regards

M.IMRAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

||Om Brihaspataye Namah||

 

Dear Jyotishas,

 

In vedic astrology, the position of the planet is measured in terms

of degrees which is then mapped to the corresponding house of the

zodaic. All of this is with respect to Earth. What I am asking is

that does Vedic astrology recognize the distance of the planet away

from Earth too? If we accept that the planets influence our lives on

Earth, then its logical to infer that the closer the planet is, the

greater the influence. Thats probably why the calculation of

Vimshottari dashas is on the basis of the moon's position because

the Moon is the closest planet to Earth and assigned as the karaka

for mind.

 

Is this reasoning correct? Can we say that all these bomb blasts,

political upheavals etc are happening because Ma is at its closest

approach to Earth and not because it happens to stay in Aq for an

unusually long period of time? But then, why India? why not the rest

of the world equally also? Some theories also say its because of the

Ma-Su/Ve/Ju axis. I am confused; does the distance of the planet

from Earth really matter in vedic astrology?

 

regards

Hari

vedic astrology, Muhammad Imran

<nakshatra90> wrote:

> Hi Friends,

>

> Don't be alarmed when it looks like we have 2 Moons in August!

Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet-Mars be so

spectacular!

> This month on August 27th, the Earth is catching up with Mars, an

encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the

two planets in recorded history. This means that Earth is at its

closest it can be to Mars. Therefore it will appear brighter in the

sky than it does at any other time and larger in angular size, so is

the best time to observe Mars.

>

> 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 large as the

moon. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August, Mars

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 12:30

a.m.That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that

no human has seen in recorded history. So mark your calendar at the

beginning of August to see Mars grows progressively brighter and

brighter throughout the month. Share with your friends, children and

grandchildren and with everyone you know, as No one alive today will

ever see this again, until 2287 AD.

>

>

> Regards

> M.IMRAN

>

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