Astronomy & Space - August 2007

I heard mars is going to crash into earth tommorrow night and knock out all those people who post the Mars/Moon hoax 15 times a day even though someone just asked the same question 2 questions ago........
Raise your hand if you would stay up to see that.

2007-08-26 11:44:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I used the Celestia program to fly along with Cassini in it's many orbits and close passes and was amazed that we could engineer such a thing. I wondered if it did like Voyager: arrive at the planet and hit its trajectory without any correction necessary. This mission, of course, is immensely more complex.

2007-08-26 11:38:46 · 3 answers · asked by Brant 7

About an hour and half ago- my husband, mum and dad saw bright orange flying objects-moving slowly over the sky in groups of 10-15. We watched in shock and we must have seen about 50 plus- the only way i could describe it was it looked like an invasion. It wasnt a plane, ballon etc. They were quiet and moved slowly. It lasted from 21:00 til about 22:00. What were these strange objects and has anyone else seen this in Essex England??? Other people must have seen it.

2007-08-26 11:38:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

do u know when and do u need a telescope

2007-08-26 10:37:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

here is an example
http://billstudio.goowen.com/scimage/images/M31_Andromeda_Galaxy.jpg

http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162689/sombrero_vlt.jpg

2007-08-26 10:35:32 · 9 answers · asked by MedTq367 6

I was sent an email that said on August 27 at about 1230 a.m. you will be able to see Mars with the naked eye, that it will appear as big as the moon, but I havent been able to find any data to back this up.

2007-08-26 10:05:52 · 22 answers · asked by m c 1

2007-08-26 09:56:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there a good website or video that clearly illustrated an unbiased view of wiether or not we landed on the moon. Or any good information that someone has compiled from researching this. I have always wondered if this rumor were true.

2007-08-26 08:57:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

There've been questions lately about the Moon and Mars appearing as twins in the sky lately. I took them to mean a conjunction of the two. Even answered one on that basis.

But it occurs to me that an eclipse of the Moon is coming. When totality occurs, the Moon is often reddish colored. Are these folks claiming that this red Moon is actually Mars, somehow very near?

Is that what this is all about?

2007-08-26 08:56:53 · 9 answers · asked by Robert K 5

2007-08-26 08:48:59 · 16 answers · asked by christy_richard310 1

A friend of mine told me this.... I dunno if it's really real, but if it is, I think I'll check it out!! :) I'm gonna be working all night tonight so I thought I'd be sure and take a smoke break at about that time...:)



27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for............. Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.

It will look as large as the full moon to the naked
eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

2007-08-26 08:44:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i want to determine how to describe visual patterns of 3 moons in a novel set in a mythical world.

i have 1 moon that rises at sunset & wanes near midnight; coinciding with 2 sister moons' rise, which would wane at daybreak.

i want to take multiple seasons into account & my planet's axial tilt. would 3 moons cause twice or three times the number of tides as one?

the single moon, the farthest from the planet, would need to travel very, very fast in its orbit, and be quite large in order to be visible from the planet's surface.

the twin moons would travel in very close spatial relationship to one another, the outer moon's speed great enough in relation to the inner one so that they remain in the same visible combination to those viewing from the planet's surface.

does my explanation sound convincing? i have illustrated my mythical planet's lunar orbits here:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/1242718710_b373f6ec69.jpg

it's rough, but better than no visual aid : )

2007-08-26 08:15:08 · 2 answers · asked by Sci-Fi Sarah 3

2007-08-26 07:04:42 · 4 answers · asked by MZ 2

According to the Atom series on BBC television a section of the sun, the same size as a person would not produce as much heat as a person does.
I find this concept difficult to understand.

2007-08-26 07:03:25 · 10 answers · asked by Sprinkle 5

The new void in space that scientist found. The one that is about 6-10 lights years away. What do you think the story is behind or "in" it? http://www.canada.com/cityguides/winnipeg/info/story.html?id=c43ca8b4-474d-4db7-a038-a20314e04bac&k=74833

2007-08-26 06:10:50 · 8 answers · asked by Daggerking 1

What are the stars? Are they planets or galaxies? Are they just balls of gas or are they a solid?

2007-08-26 05:57:34 · 9 answers · asked by elearner 1

2007-08-26 05:47:04 · 16 answers · asked by Frog Five 5

2007-08-26 05:38:40 · 4 answers · asked by REX 3

Could we look up one night and see a big Wal-Mart Happy Face or a Pepsi Logo?

2007-08-26 05:32:28 · 7 answers · asked by REX 3

Seriously.

2007-08-26 04:49:05 · 15 answers · asked by i use Y!A 1

2007-08-26 04:40:59 · 7 answers · asked by kenya w 1

please tell me if the planet mars is encountering with planet earth this august 27 2007? i got an email and i spread it to everyone but now i am confused it wont happen bc i think it happened last year or something. is it happening on aug 27 2007???

2007-08-26 04:26:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wondering

2007-08-26 04:08:01 · 5 answers · asked by Christie W 4

Would it be possible to put a satellite into an elliptical orbit around Mars?

The orbit I am thinking of would ideally be closer to Mars's North and south poles than the other parts of Mars.

2007-08-26 03:52:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

and the possibility of multible Universes, do you think that any Aliens that visit the earth may actualy be from one or more of these other Dimensional Universes or do you think they are traveling great distances accross the vastness of space to get here? Maybe the "Greys" are just the cross dimensional inhabitants of the Earth!
(This is of course, assuming that we are actualy being visited)

2007-08-26 03:50:15 · 6 answers · asked by bender_xr217 7

Serious answers only, please :]
It's for school.

2007-08-26 03:21:42 · 5 answers · asked by i use Y!A 1

2007-08-26 02:43:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-26 01:40:36 · 12 answers · asked by jodeba66 2

2007-08-26 01:04:06 · 7 answers · asked by KHURRAM WAHID 1

i looked at some astronomy textbooks and they had quite complex looking calculations..im better with biology & chemistry except those subjects are soo boring but i love learning about space i think its really fascinating!!

2007-08-25 23:51:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous