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Old 07-28-2006, 09:18 AM
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Close Encounter with Mars
Netlore Archive: According to a widely forwarded email, August 27 will bring the closest encounter between Mars and Earth in recorded history
Description: Email flier
Circulating since: July 2003
Status: Outdated
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Email example contributed by A. Sanchez, 25 July 2003:

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.



Comments: True... in 2003. As About.com astronomy expert Nick Greene wrote at the time, "August of 2003 is a special time for scientists and amateur astronomers. Our red neighbor, Mars will move closer than it's been in 50,000 years. On August 27, 2003, the 'red planet' will be less than 55.76 million kilometers (34.65 million miles) away from the Earth."
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Old 07-28-2006, 03:27 PM
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Thats cool and scarry, Bad things happen when planets aline, The gravitational pull on the outside planet (relitive to the sun) is alot even in Solar systems gages. Most likely nothing will happen, But nature is so crule and unpredictable, along with nothing it could also move the closes tectonic plate on earth and we could have a super valcano, Earth don't want one of these again. (yellowstone park)

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