2006-07-21 12:07:51 · 11 answers · asked by jhep 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. First of all, this is based on a hoax that was meant for THREE YEARS AGO, when Mars was going to be at its closest approach to Earth in a long time. Mars will never be close enough to look like the full moon, and we should be glad for that, as the gravitational interactions at that distance would be fairly significant.
2006-07-21 12:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by DakkonA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This myth has been around nut job websites for YEARS and a basic understanding of the distances in the solar system will give you new understanding - think of Earth as the size of a grapefruit. The moon would be close to the size of a golf ball. Put a grapefruit on the ground and then pace off about 1/4mile. There's the moon. Then take an orange and pace off about 20 miles. There's Mars.
For the planet Mars to look as big as the moon you have to move a PLANET... and there is nothing that can do that except something so massive moving through our solar system that it would be plainly visible with the naked eye.
So - no.
2006-07-21 19:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars will never be seen as big as the moon.....
i guess u got a mail or read somewhere saying this.... first of all, let me tell u that the date is wrong.... it is actually august 27, 2003... on that day mars was at its closest to the earth and it was visible slightly larger than it usually is.... mind u, it was nowhere near as big as the moon.....
2006-07-22 01:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Hanzel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Given the orbits of Mars and Earth, that would be an impossibility. It could occur one of two ways:
1) Mars gets close. It would have to leave its orbit, any object large enough to bump it out of the way we would have identified already.
2) Moon goes away. The moon's orbit around the earth is very stable, and again, any object large enough to bump it out of the way would have been identified easily by now.
2006-07-21 19:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by Polymath 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!
Mars will look exactly the same as normal on 27.8.06!!!!!!!!!!!!
However, Mars did look bigger (only BIGGER, not even half as large as full moon) on 27.8.03!!!
You don't believe me, try staring at the sky and spot the "second full moon" and wait for hours and it still doesn't appear. Or try contacting your friends all over the world and see if any of them spot "the second full moon", and they will say no too.
2006-07-22 01:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless neither is present at the sky at the time, no.
Mars is barely perceivable as a dot where-as you
can make detail out on the moon (at least in full)
2006-07-21 19:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars won't even be visible in August this year.
2006-07-21 20:53:51 · answer #7 · answered by astronwritingthinkingprayingrnns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, for that to happen, the planet Mars has to much much closer than it is right now, and for it to be that close, the gravitational pull between both planets will be spectacular
2006-07-21 19:11:27 · answer #8 · answered by Nneka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if it gets a whole lot closer to earth.
2006-07-21 19:11:01 · answer #9 · answered by Dagblastit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mars will never be that big, it's a myth
2006-07-21 22:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by CLBH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋