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Posted A week ago
On the 27th August 2009, Mars will come close to Earth which will be visible to the size of the moon. (roughly)
Nobody living today has seen this or will ever see it again!!
So mark your calendars and don't miss out!!
Information below.
Once in a lifetime...
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
Jeff Kirkorian
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jkirkorian@drfirst.com
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'tis fascinating, thank you for the info! (just to clarify, it will look as big as the moon under 75x magnification) will get my kids out to see that. Here's a really neat tip: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.htmlYou can enter your city and find exactly what moment to step outside and see the space station and/or shuttle pass over in the sky. It will even tell you where in the sky to look and about how many minutes it will be visible for.
Peter
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Uh.. guys, this is an email hoax. Read this.
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Now you tell me! Guess the donkeys' braying was an attempt to tell me how stupid I looked last night standing in my back yard in my jammies and slippers spinning around and around trying to even find the moon!!
Leslie, snookered again
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Jeff Kirkorian
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Hey I was driving to PA from Maine last night.
I didn't know about the Mars thing until today, but I definitely saw it. It was terribly bright in the sky!
Adam Lauer, DO (solo FP)
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