Fw: Mars encounter

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I'm forwarding this. You all will need to check and see if it's true. Should be a good time for an invasion

In August, Mars will look as large as the full moon...MARS SPECTACULARThe 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 10pm 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 12:30am 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

[Guest guest]

sorry

have a few moments so going back thru some old mail i never got a

chance to before

sorry to say but

this is sorta a hoax

this actually happened

in 2003

why someone would pass it around again is beyond me

also..the wording is deceptive...it makes it appear that the moon

will appear as large as the moon to the naked eye....

we'd all be in trouble if mars came that close

and, this event isn't all that rare..its called a perihelic

opposition, and happens like every 15 yrs er so

mars will be slghtly closer again this year

but

in october

and not as close as 2005..

(which is still hella far...)

cheers

fraggle

 

 

, " Larry Kelley " <earl@n...> wrote:

> I'm forwarding this. You all will need to check and see if it's

true. Should be a good time for an invasion

> In August, Mars will look as large as the full moon...

> MARS SPECTACULAR

> 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 10pm 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 12:30am 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