The Red Planet (MARS)

[n4tec]

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 with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planet in recorded history.

The next time Mars may come close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astromers can 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 of the 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 begining of august it will rise in the east at 10pm and reach its azimuth at about 3am 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 convient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history, so mark your calendar at the begining of august to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.

Share this with your family, friends, children and grandchildren!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can not wait to see Mars the Red Planet :grin:

EDIT: i have added it to the x10 forum calendar.. It will appear below birthday's from today till 28 at midnight...

PS. I was onced called nforchange until 1st august when i became n4tec

 

[Akkarin]

Wow, a once in a lifetime oppertunity! I'll try not to forget thanks!

 

[NewFuture]

you live in us, id liek to know the uk times we can see mars, where is the full coverage of this event, where you find the info out?

 

[n4tec]

you live in us, id liek to know the uk times we can see mars, where is the full coverage of this event, where you find the info out?

I do not live in the US but in Africa.. I will ask my sister where she got the info since she gave it to me before she left for work...

 

[Richard]

Unfortunately this happend already in 2003

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout/nightsky/nightsky02.html
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/08.21/13-marsbash.html

 

[n4tec]

Unfortunately this happend already in 2003

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout/nightsky/nightsky02.html
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/08.21/13-marsbash.html

OOPS!! I did not know..

 

[NewFuture]

so is it going to happen again?? or isnt it? dam you got my hopes up then

 

[n4tec]

so is it going to happen again?? or isnt it? dam you got my hopes up then

it is not likely to happen...

 

[Conor]

Then why did you post this?

 

[NewFuture]

well if you had sense, he thought it was real, thats the point of the thread, and could someone plz find out if the evnt is real, there has been no news coverage or anything

 

[n4tec]

Then why did you post this?

Before my sister went to work she gave a new printed document with the details i posted above.. I read it and so i decided to post it here.. :noexpress And Conor that is why i posted...

 

[Richard]

well if you had sense, he thought it was real, thats the point of the thread, and could someone plz find out if the evnt is real, there has been no news coverage or anything

Unfortunately this happend already in 2003

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout/nightsky/nightsky02.html
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/08.21/13-marsbash.html

I posted two links. One from NASA and one from Harvard University.

 

[Tyler]

No this is going to happen all through august, as the month goes by it will get closer and closer making it look bigger. I heard it on the news and also from my science teacher.

 

[Corey]

http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

 

[Conor]

Corey to the rescue. You can always see Mars on clear nights anyways.

 

[MicrotechXP]

YAY I can't wait to see this! Thanks for the info.! This is a once in a life time possiblitity!

 

[n4tec]

http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

thanx for the link. I am :happy: it is true... :grin:

 

[03moscropl]

Good time for martians to attack :laughing:

 

[NewFuture]

ye sure is, thanx for link corey!!!, i read coreys link and its false: Mars will pass extraordinarily close to Earth in August 2005: False.

 

[NewFuture]

iv been looking out all this week but no sign, persoannly i think its a hoax, as that site said, its either been too cloudy, top see if its true, has it been on the news?