2006-08-05 11:23:20 · 12 answers · asked by cesare214 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, this is a hoax, Mars will be closer than anytime in recorded history, however if it were close enough to appear as large as the moon it would cause catastrophic damage to infrastructure here on earth.
2006-08-05 11:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by Sleeping Troll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that email that is going around is a hoax. I strongly recommend taking a look at this site when you get an email that seems questionable:
http://urbanlegends.about.com
Here's the links regarding this particular one:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mars_encounter_2006.htm
Even at the closest possible point between the Earth & Mars, there is no way for it to be as large as the moon. At best it will look like a very bright star.
2006-08-05 20:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and it is just barely visible shortly after sunset in the west. Also, if you read the hoax email carefully you will see that it implies that mars will look at 75x magnification as large as the moon to the naked eye. It won't look that big this year (it made it's closest approach weeks ago), but it did several years ago when it came less than 35 million miles from us.
2006-08-05 22:03:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This is a hoax that started about three years ago. If Mars ever looked as big as the Moon, it would seriously mess around with our tides and overall have effects we wouldn't like.
2006-08-05 20:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by tkron31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you will not have to wait until August 26th. Mars is larger than the moon right now!
Of course it is much further away and because of that it always appears that the moon is larger.
2006-08-05 20:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attention all people: Just to make things clear. Mars is 56,000,000 Km away from the earth. Its no big deal. That email is a hoax, and everyone on Yahoo Answers that says its true is wrong. Thank you.
**********IF YOU BELEIVE THIS HOAX, PREPARE TO DIE BECAUSE MARS IS GOING TO COLLIDE WITH THE EARTH!! BUT NOT BEFORE CAUSING MAJOR TIDAL WAVES, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF FEET TALL AND STORMS THAT CAN EVAPORATE A CITY! PANIC! OMFG PANIC! THE WORLD IS COMMING TO AN END! AHHHHH! NOT EVEN GOD CAN HELP US NOW! START RIOTS! LOOT! KILL! OMFG WERE GONNA DIEEEEE! THIS IS THE END! OMEGA! EVERYONE STAY UP LATE WORRYING ABOUT IT, EAT LESS, AND GET SICK OVER THE FACT THAT WERE ALL DEAD!!!! OH THE HUMANITY!**********
2006-08-05 21:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mars is always about eight times the size of the moon. but from its nearest distance from the earth, it will never look bigger than a large star
2006-08-05 19:27:49 · answer #7 · answered by iberius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
mars' closest approach is around 55 million kilometres.
the radius of mars is around 3397km [earth 6366km]. angular size will be 2*3397/55000000*180/pi*3600=25.5 arc seconds [size of a pin head]
brightness -2.9
moon radius is 1737km avg distance is 385000km
2*1737/385000*180/pi*3600= 1861 arc seconds
brightness -12.6 [more negative is brighter]
2006-08-07 20:22:14 · answer #8 · answered by Ray L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
It was three years ago, and it sure as heck wasn't as "big as the moon" then.
See reference 1.
2006-08-05 18:40:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's a hoax. Check the link.
2006-08-05 18:54:19 · answer #10 · answered by Romulo R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋