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| posted on August 26th, 2007 at 06:49 PM |
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Close Encounter with Mars on August 27
Is this for real or what????
Watch the Sky!
Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular! This month and next month the Earth is catching up with Mars, 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.
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 as large as
the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.
At the beginning of August, Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.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 children and grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see this again.
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 12:18 AM |
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Emmauel Velikovski would be pleased.
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 07:45 AM |
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this is a hoax, somebody kicks it off every August
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1709499.htm
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 08:00 AM |
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yeah i think it happened about 4 or 5 years ago
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 10:27 AM |
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That's right I remember not seeing it in a previous life.
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shaihulud
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 08:52 PM |
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I checked this on Google. It seems that it occured in August 2003 and is a regular event every 17 years.
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 11:37 PM |
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I had a feeling it was going to be a hoax but still got up to double check.
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| posted on August 28th, 2007 at 07:33 PM |
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Lunar eclipse, bit different than mars popping up in the sky, just the earth inbetween the sun and moon in perfect alignment, happes every 7 years
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| posted on August 28th, 2007 at 07:38 PM |
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yeah 4 get mars have a look att he moon right now its about half way acrosss or eclipsed looks great
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| posted on August 28th, 2007 at 07:40 PM |
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Yeah its almost covered now.
A friend and i were taken by the hoax... checking the sky every hour or so last night  
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| posted on August 28th, 2007 at 07:45 PM |
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they try to say it's mars coz at maximum eclipse the moon will go blood red, awesome sight, keep your eyes to the skies, unless you're driving!
We're expecting maximum psych admissions at work tonight coz the full moon itself causes people to go off, a lunar eclipse is even worse!
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| posted on August 29th, 2007 at 08:29 AM |
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Hi Lee
Bloody hoax emails.
Are you going to Broke on the 9th?
We are going hope to see you there.
Rose
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