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Pucifur	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:08 AM
Standard Member Group: Site Staff Posts: 6357 Member No.: 1035 Joined: 10-May 05 Status: (0d)	The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! Lazy-ass version (for those who don't want to read the whole post): Mars is gonna be huge in the sky and this won't happen for antother 2,000 to 60,000 years. See it in the sky all through August. Full Version: 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. NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN. This post has been edited by pucifur27 on Jul 29 2005, 08:25 AM -------------------- - P - U - C - I - F - U - R - got one

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Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:14 AM

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I thought this already happened two years ago

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(5:25:58 PM) Mikau: xgoff
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Bowserman	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE (pucifur27 @ Jul 29 2005, 02:08 PM)

Mars is gonna be huge in the sky and this won't happen for antother 5,000 to 60,000 years.

QUOTE (pucifur27 @ Jul 29 2005, 02:08 PM)

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

...2287 is totally 5,000 years away.

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Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:24 AM

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QUOTE (pucifur27 @ Jul 29 2005, 08:08 AM)

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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.

Shut up.

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Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:36 AM

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QUOTE (pucifur27 @ Jul 29 2005, 06:24 AM)

Shut up.[/color]

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Shut up.[/color]

Your avatar is frickin Elmo nobody's going to take you seriously >:(

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Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:41 AM

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The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!

Lazy-ass version (for those who don't want to read the whole post):
Mars is gonna be huge in the sky and this won't happen for antother 2,000 to 60,000 years. See it in the sky all through August.

Full Version:
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.

NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN.

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On August 27, 2003, at 9:51:13 UT, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years: 55,758,006 km (approximately 35 million miles) without Light-time correction. This close approach came about because Mars was one day from opposition and about three days from its perihelion, making Mars particularly easy to see from Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have been on September 12, 57,617 BC. Detailed analysis of the solar system's gravitational landscape forecasts an even closer approach in 2287. However, to keep this in perspective, this record approach was only an imperceptibly tiny fraction less than other recent close approaches that occur four times every 284 years. For instance, the minimum distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 AU, compared to 0.37271 AU on August 27, 2003, and the minimum distance on August 24, 2208 will be 0.37278 AU

So unless the universe is f***ed up this already happened

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(5:25:58 PM) Mikau: xgoff
(5:26:00 PM) Mikau: guess what
(5:26:04 PM) Xgoff: chicken butt
(5:26:09 PM) Mikau: **** you

Masakuni	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 10:37 AM
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Posted: Jul 29 2005, 10:52 AM

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QUOTE (Draco Icebane @ Jul 29 2005, 09:36 AM)

Your avatar is frickin Elmo nobody's going to take you seriously >:(

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rtsmarty	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 11:51 AM
Group: Members Posts: 17483 Member No.: 176 Joined: 8-December 03 Status: (0d)	http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp whistle

Duckboy	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 11:59 AM
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Cyber-Jace	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 12:03 PM
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Posted: Jul 29 2005, 01:44 PM

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QUOTE (artee @ Jul 29 2005, 12:51 PM)

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

*whistle*

Then I guess another few months won't hurt I guess...

But when it does happen, I'm sure it'll be awesome.

StarRoadie	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:24 PM
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ShadowMan	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:27 PM
Roll away baby. Roll away forever. Group: Members Posts: 23782 Member No.: 47 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	It was pretty cool looking when it happened in 2003. -------------------- end of line

Cap'n Crunch	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 08:30 PM
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RelmM	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 09:57 PM
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Pucifur	Posted: Jul 29 2005, 09:58 PM
Standard Member Group: Site Staff Posts: 6357 Member No.: 1035 Joined: 10-May 05 Status: (0d)	Well, my grandma emailed this to me, so... ...yeah... This post has been edited by pucifur27 on Jul 29 2005, 09:59 PM -------------------- - P - U - C - I - F - U - R - got one

Mr. Aforcer	Posted: Jul 30 2005, 04:25 AM
KAH-PEEWLS HERE Group: Badge Mod Posts: 35496 Member No.: 588 Joined: 5-September 04 Status: (0d)	I want to see this... with my luck August will be one cloudy son-of-a-gun. : D So lemme get it straight... How big to the naked eye? Moonsize? Crazey stuff. -------------------- Cappy's furry fantasy of me

NO Body	Posted: Jul 30 2005, 05:29 AM
я имею раж Group: Members Posts: 9378 Member No.: 819 Joined: 8-February 05 Status: (0d)	i'm gona se it. 60,000 years is alitle long time to wait. hope it will be BIG. -------------------- Refrence well Excuse me, Princess! Battle sprites topic

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